dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
via Amanda Montell
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
We’ve long had the sense that it’s possible to cultivate an experience on the Internet that is more calm, thoughtful, and introspective. And we’ve long had the view that this is possible not from a technology-oriented approach, but from an approach that is more soft, more personal, and more intuitive.
Digital gardens are not about creating utopias. Rather, they design towards the small and slow progress of protopias, as defined by futurist Kevin Kelly as “a state that is better today than yesterday.” We need protopias, alternatives, and the seeds of gardens. We need space to dream, and for that dreaming to connect to concrete action.
a place where I can unearth the stories within the landscape as it is still unfolding. It is a place where I can dream of what could be…not only for myself but for the collective, the real world that I’m a part of
“if we’re setting out to change the character of technology in our lives, we’d be wise to learn from the character of places.”*