dreaming of a better internet

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"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?)

Steal Our Media Strategy

Foster Presents blog.foster.co

sari

AMANDA MONTELL: I really appreciated this video from Kurzgesagt, which articulates how the current hyper-connected state of the internet has destroyed our collective mental health. The video suggested the glory days of social media were actually the early 2000s, when like-minded users could gather in niche, siloed forums to discuss common... See more

Alara

Here Lies the Internet, Murdered by Generative AI

Erik Hoel theintrinsicperspective.com

sari

The lost infrastructure of social media. - Anil Dash

Anil Dash anildash.com

sari

The internet used to be an escape from reality. Now, reality is an escape from the internet.

alex

Humanity is capable of so much more.

oneproject.org

sari

What is a Design Culture?

alex

Scraping the Social: “We are unknown to ourselves—and with good reason.” Friedrich Nietzsche—“Even the retards are starting to figure it out.” (comment)—“In data we trust.” Priceonomics—“The Internet fails to scale gracefully.” Chris Ellis—“I want to be surprised by my own bot”—“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”... See more

aandrea

an incredible word spaghetti