dreaming of a better internet
sari and
dreaming of a better internet
We’ve long had the sense that it’s possible to cultivate an experience on the Internet that is more calm, thoughtful, and introspective. And we’ve long had the view that this is possible not from a technology-oriented approach, but from an approach that is more soft, more personal, and more intuitive.
rob hardy • 5 cards
Internet ate the world; then broke; then some people rallied to fix it; then… we’re lost — disoriented
what do we collectively even desire?
at first, you just want to hang out and have fun; then you grow up and have less time for the group chat
saying you want to change something, and actually changing it are two different jobs
the New Internet needs a more honest relationship to money
Are.na is deserving of its unofficial title as golden child of the New Internet
I don’t know how to explain it, exactly, but when I scroll down the timeline now it feels like everyone has gotten 100 times more smug? And literal and pedantic? They always think they are dunking on someone. But on who, and to what end? It’s so weird. Everybody is like, sticking their tongues out all the time. It’s very “be careful or your face
... See morea beautiful passage from sublime’s innaugural zine on why language matters, in the context of building a different web.
the world is a surprisingly malleable place and has reconfigured itself around compelling visions many times before