dreaming of a better internet

this collection became a zine - a free digital version is here

God, I mean, I think capitalism has infiltrated almost everything on the internet at this point. I think the reason a lot of people are spending more time in group chats and discord servers is because it's a reaction to all of this. They want spaces to express themselves that are free from algorithms and brands.

Embedded • How Taylor Lorenz Went From Tumblr Queen to Internet Historian

Keely Adler

the good internet doesn’t disengage us from the real world. it makes us live better in the real world.

sari

The first thing I’ve come to learn is that pursuing something as open-ended as internet reform requires intentional scoping and goal-setting. The New Internet was never a single thing. It was fractured and messily connected from the jump. This messiness was used as feedstock to accelerate its consolidation under what became the crypto industry. It... See more

andrea

"The core ideal of the Internet is that one trusts people, and that given an opportunity, people will find their way to be reasonably decent. I happily restate my loyalty to that ideal. It’s all we have." (Jaron Lanier, Who Owns the Future?)

aandrea

via lauren hough

Here Lies the Internet, Murdered by Generative AI

Erik Hoel theintrinsicperspective.com

sari

The Social Media Death Spiral

open.substack.com

alex

Diagram Website

diagram.website

linda

The Internet fails to scale gracefully.

sari