dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World a book by Max Fisher
Max Fisher • 3 highlights
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thread for what i want the internet / software to look, feel, and be like
spencer changmobile.twitter.comThe battle is between two wolves.
One is permanently angry, resentful, loud and aggressive. It’s always howling for our attention with sensational headlines, provocative images, and manipulative tactics.
It wants us to stay on the surface, encouraging us to react rather than reflect.
It feeds on outrage, doomscrolling, negativity, fear, and... See more
One is permanently angry, resentful, loud and aggressive. It’s always howling for our attention with sensational headlines, provocative images, and manipulative tactics.
It wants us to stay on the surface, encouraging us to react rather than reflect.
It feeds on outrage, doomscrolling, negativity, fear, and... See more
The Smart Web does exist (but it needs your support)
two paths for the Internet - which will you pickl?
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.
Sam Hart • Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods
That private platforms such as Amazon’s Twitch, Twitter and Facebook now constitute the digital equivalents to public spheres is as much a political failure as one of our collective imagination.
Portable Multiplayer Miniverses • Modular and Portable Multiplayer Miniverses
Being online more than that just feels like a threat to my creativity. A therapist I interviewed recently told me that digital overconsumption interrupts one’s capacity to dream and create; not to mention, studies of phone addiction suggest that spending too much time hunting for new online trends dulls our ability to appreciate novelty in the real... See more
