dreaming of a better internet

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

soft_tech

helena.mmm.page

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

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"Irony is the song of a bird that has come to love its cage." - David Foster Wallace

It might seem that the close coupling of digital innovation with the market was inevitable, but our present reality is only one possible digital world — creating others is still possible, and there is little time to waste.

Rachel Coldicutt • Sunshine Machines: Towards a Feminist Future of Digital Care

Keely Adler

The Internet Should Be More Like Wikipedia

Stephen Gossett builtin.com

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phoebe

Building bicycles for our minds

John Borthwick render.betaworks.com

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"The core ideal of the Internet is that one trusts people, and that given an opportunity, people will find their way to be reasonably decent. I happily restate my loyalty to that ideal. It’s all we have." (Jaron Lanier, Who Owns the Future?)

Indistinguishable from Magic Indistinguishable from Magic

Packy McCormick notboring.co

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thread for what i want the internet / software to look, feel, and be like

spencer chang mobile.twitter.com

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