dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the majority of respondents would prefer to live in a world where TikTok and Instagram did not exist!
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
The internet used to be an escape from reality.
Now, reality is an escape from the internet.
As part of its purpose in slowing news down (hence the name), and taking time to make sense of what’s really going on in the world rather than just react to the immediate, Tortoise’s editorial team hosts weekly online ‘Open News Think-Ins’ at which they discuss the news stories of the week with the subscriber community. They start the conversation
... See moreJon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
the good internet doesn’t disengage us from the real world. it makes us live better in the real world.
The Sunlight caressed my skin, sending goosebumps all over. I love the Sun, but the colour I couldn’t stand. The yellow of hay, the red of wine, the dreamy white that reminded me of paper. I tend to look at the Sun through some sort of filters: camera lenses, windowpanes, leaves, as it stretched the street, flirted with the flowers, bathed the peop... See more
Vu Phan • Letters
via Kyle Chayka
As builders of a new digital society, we must be equipped with an even more inclusive and visionary concept of what "public" and "good" can mean.