dreaming of a better internet
sari and
dreaming of a better internet
Search engines — the window into the web for many people — top their results with pages containing thousands of words of auto-generated nothingness, perfectly optimized for search engine prominence and to pull in money via ads and affiliate links while simultaneously devoid of any useful information.
Social networks have become “the web” for many... See more
Social networks have become “the web” for many... See more
vis Molly White
So perhaps that means changing the terms of the argument or goal. Perhaps, for the medium-term future at least, "winning" and replacing this enshittified monoculture (yes, I really need to read Cory's book), if it isn't possible, is more about cultivating a base layer, I don't know, some sort of mycelial network that's impossible to nuke out of
... See moreDan Hon • S16e08: Free-Range, Organic, and Natural; The Original Promise
“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.”*
Annika Hansteen-Izora • On Digital Gardens: Tending to Our Collective Multiplicity
and it's obvious -
that we all like computers,
- a lot -
in a super-creepy way,
and it is not a phase.
it's something that's really happening,
and it's going to continue.
and we can't stop.
that we all like computers,
- a lot -
in a super-creepy way,
and it is not a phase.
it's something that's really happening,
and it's going to continue.
and we can't stop.
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Here//&Now
here-and-now.glitch.me
via lauren hough
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.