dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
My new social media will be a giant shared Google doc to which I will add all the cool people as "editors," and there will be no ads, and no algorithm, and you can type into the doc at the same time with whatever dang font you want, and the party in that doc will NEVER END.
Paul J. Pastorx.comThere is a healthy way to talk to each other that inspires, informs, empowers, and brings people together.
Be part of a better internet
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
There is an internet that is mine & I would like you to live in it with me - Chia's Blog
Maya Indira Ganeshchias.blog
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
"Irony is the song of a bird that has come to love its cage." - David Foster Wallace
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.