dreaming of a better internet

this collection became a zine - a free digital version is here

The Internet's recency bias is bad for humanity. Our social media feeds prioritize recency over quality, which robs us of wisdom and makes us obsessed with the news. How to improve the Internet:

David Perell twitter.com

sari

Web Manifesto

fLaMEd flamedfury.com

phoebe

Humanity is capable of so much more.

oneproject.org

sari

While the dumb web screams, the smart web whispers

The Smart Web does exist (but it needs your support)

SShachaf Rodberg

Love this concept of Smart Web

The widespread TikTok-ification of all social apps is quite striking (and sad!) Literally, all apps (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, etc) have become one click away to an infinite stream of viral videos, playing non-stop. The ratio of mindless consumption to building something meaningful on computing devices now... See more

Akshay Kothari x.com

sari

No More Boring Apps | (Not Boring) Software

(Not Boring) Software Inc.andy.works

sari

The problem is no longer getting to express oneself but finding moments of solitude and silence in which one might eventually find something worth saying. – Gille Deleuze

Alara

That private platforms such as Amazon’s Twitch, Twitter and Facebook now constitute the digital equivalents to public spheres is as much a political failure as one of our collective imagination.

Portable Multiplayer Miniverses • Modular and Portable Multiplayer Miniverses

Keely Adler

M. E. Rothwell | Substack

andrea