dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
An Albert Einstein quote: “Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times since he never gets to see or hear anything else.”
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community w/o walls
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“The infoverse may be infinite, but our allotment of days is not.” We ought to be conscious of how far and how quickly we move through the internet. But without a physical way to observe our time spent online, we risk scrolling, skimming, and hyperlinking ourselves to oblivion.
Jon Gacnik • On observing time /╲/╲/╲
Sometime since the rise of recommendation algorithms, social media became a little... cacophonous. Every page refresh serves you new and personalised content on a silver platter, just for you. Although, many people seem to be growing tired of this constant flow of information. In 2024, I began a video series, Corners of the Internet, sharing... See more
Matthew Prebeg • “A quiet shift is taking place”: On being a creative in the age of content
Instead of discussing whether the internet is good or bad, I suggest we start by asking: do you want to show me your internet?
March 27 at 13:24
the new digital city, if we are to have one, will need to be carefully designed. properly, and for scale. and with designs that fix the mistakes of previous cities and past bad designs. all the harmful things should be accounted for in digital cities
we are re-creating life here
eugene, season 2 (work in progress)twitter.comThere is a healthy way to talk to each other that inspires, informs, empowers, and brings people together.
Be part of a better internet
the ascent of Bluesky. The decentralized social network hit 15 million users last week, and claimed the no. 1 spot on the App Store, above ChatGPT and TikTok. At time of writing, it still held that spot, all thanks to users fleeing Musk’s X-né-Twitter, the introduction of some good and innovative features, and the refreshing sense that someone is
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