Where do we go from here

As far as how humans connect to one another, what’s next appears to be group chats and private messaging and forums, returning back to a time when we mostly just talked to the people we know. Maybe that’s a better, less problematic way to live life. Maybe feed and algorithms and the “global town square” were a bad idea. But I find myself desperatel... See more

I recognize these attempts, yet I know for a fact that the internet — this home and caretaker and teacher and friend will never return to its prior state. Everything only experiences infancy once. But in the same way you return to your hometown after years of absence and see it evolve and reconstitute itself, the vestiges of beauty on the web have ... See more

I left social media because of my inability to control my experience. Recently, I tried to dip my toes back in the pond again, this time on a decentralized network. Even there, I found myself yanked around like a puppet. While using social media, I didn’t even notice the emotional turmoil, but returning to it felt like stepping back into the boilin... See more