dreaming of a better internet
sari and
dreaming of a better internet
The Sunlight caressed my skin, sending goosebumps all over. I love the Sun, but the colour I couldn’t stand. The yellow of hay, the red of wine, the dreamy white that reminded me of paper. I tend to look at the Sun through some sort of filters: camera lenses, windowpanes, leaves, as it stretched the street, flirted with the flowers, bathed the... See more
Vu Phan • Letters
The Internet Vs. The Care of Your Soul
1. No laptop in bed.
2. No internet for at least 30 minutes before you got to sleep.
3. Nothing on your feed reader that posts more than X times per Y.
4. Being bored does not mean you have to check your email.
5. Don't only read websites related to subjects you know inside and out.
6. For every X feeds that you add... See more
1. No laptop in bed.
2. No internet for at least 30 minutes before you got to sleep.
3. Nothing on your feed reader that posts more than X times per Y.
4. Being bored does not mean you have to check your email.
5. Don't only read websites related to subjects you know inside and out.
6. For every X feeds that you add... See more
making sublime
a collection of thoughts, musings, and ideas that inspire sublime
sari and • 294 cards
Sometime since the rise of recommendation algorithms, social media became a little... cacophonous. Every page refresh serves you new and personalised content on a silver platter, just for you. Although, many people seem to be growing tired of this constant flow of information. In 2024, I began a video series, Corners of the Internet, sharing... See more
Matthew Prebeg • “A quiet shift is taking place”: On being a creative in the age of content
Platforms like TikTok and Instagram are engines of distraction and cultural rot. They stand in front of the more difficult but more rewarding aspects of life: deep work, intimate connections with friends and loved ones, focused attention for hobbies with intrinsic rewards. By training users to crave constant novelty and the immediate approval of... See more
Adam Singer • TikTok and Instagram are intellectual poison
"Irony is the song of a bird that has come to love its cage." - David Foster Wallace
There should be lots of different, human-scale alternative experiences on the internet that offer up home-cooked, locally-grown, ethically-sourced, code-to-table alternatives to the factory-farmed junk food of the internet. And they should be weird.
Anil Dash • The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
Large parasocial platforms transformed the internet into a hostile and impersonal place. They feed our FOMO to keep us clicking. They exaggerate our differences for "engagement". They create engines for stardom to keep us creeping. They bait us into nutritionless and sensationalist content. Humanity cannot subsist on hype alone.
Small and sincere... See more
Small and sincere... See more