dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
“I think a lot about the difference between what in my head is the push internet and the pull internet... the internet where things are pushed at you and the internet where you have to do some work… you have to pull it towards you.”
—Ezra Klein
—Ezra Klein
suddenly craving a different kind of internet experience, something very specific yet i'm not sure if i've articulated before, something somewhat collaborative but really simple. i think... something that I approximate with twitter but it's like an itch I can't quite get to
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open.spotify.comDiscussing the long arc of tech; and why optimism.
- being connected to information; then being connected to people; then machines start to own the spaces
- social media is judging all the time
- we now gravitate toward technologies which are more isiolationist
Twitter forces nuanced thoughts down to bumper-sticker bluntness. The chaotic, always moving newsfeed leaves little time for reflection on whatever has just been read. The algorithm’s obsession with likes and retweets means users mainly see (and produce) speech that flatters their community or demonizes those they already loathe. The quote tweet
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Subvert the status quo. Own a website. Make and share links.
if aliens ever land,
we'll board their ship
and discover that they have
a better internet
than we do.
we'll board their ship
and discover that they have
a better internet
than we do.
Spencer Kelly • 🚀✨
Ø was a chance to set our imaginations free, to embrace the opportunities that some technologies provide to dream up better worlds. Celebrate the chance to imagine alternatives to our world, welcoming the supernatural and otherworldly as more-than-human agents to help set us free from our human-created prejudices.
