dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
YES. I don’t want to read everything, I just want to return to the best things over and over again. Or, like Oprah once said: “I don’t have any new lessons. But I often think that it’s not the new lessons as much as it is, really, learning the old ones again and again.”
a little easter egg. if you find this card, here’s your free digital version of Sublime’s first zine:
Can you Imagine? A library of possibilities for reimagining the Internet
I think there is a reason that so little has gotten better and so much has gotten worse. It is this: The cost of so much connection and information has been the deterioration of our capacity for attention and reflection. And it is the quality of our attention and reflection that matters most.
New York Times • Opinion | the Great Delusion Behind Twitter - The New York Times
Here//&Now
here-and-now.glitch.meThe 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
I’m personally hopeful for a “de-globalized” internet of the future—one where we’re all a bit more siloed off from each other, like we are in real life. Think of little internet neighborhoods. This is my hope, if for no other reason than our mental health. We just can’t seem to handle an internet more broad than that, spiritually speaking.
via Amanda Montell