dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
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.
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.
Internet ate the world; then broke; then some people rallied to fix it; then… we’re lost — disoriented
what do we collectively even desire?
at first, you just want to hang out and have fun; then you grow up and have less time for the group chat
saying you want to change something, and actually changing it are two different jobs
the New Internet needs a more honest relationship to money
Are.na is deserving of its unofficial title as golden child of the New Internet