dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
The trouble with the internet, Mr. Williams says, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it tries to supply them.
‘The Internet Is Broken’: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It (Published 2017)
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
and it's obvious -
that we all like computers,
- a lot -
in a super-creepy way,
and it is not a phase.
it's something that's really happening,
and it's going to continue.
and we can't stop.
that we all like computers,
- a lot -
in a super-creepy way,
and it is not a phase.
it's something that's really happening,
and it's going to continue.
and we can't stop.
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There should be lots of different, human-scale alternative experiences on the internet that offer up home-cooked, locally-grown, ethically-sourced, code-to-table alternatives to the factory-farmed junk food of the internet. And they should be weird.
Anil Dash • The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
a little easter egg. if you find this card, here’s your free digital version of Sublime’s first zine:
Can you Imagine? A library of possibilities for reimagining the Internet
While the dumb web screams, the smart web whispers
The Smart Web does exist (but it needs your support)
Love this concept of Smart Web
here is what i want to see:
a social media where the only public sharing is Quests.
no news feed, no permashare, no global microphone rammed down your throat -
just Quests.
direct. relational. collaboration.... See more
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