dreaming of a better internet
sari and
dreaming of a better internet
There is the potential and reality of amazing, positive, good things coming from the Internet even though it's driving force is convenience. Because humans don't only have mundane desires. They have amazing desires. They have desires to make art and music and funny card games. And they have desire to help people and to do science. And the Internet... See more
Evan Williams • "A Journey on the Information Highway"
Platforms like TikTok and Instagram are engines of distraction and cultural rot. They stand in front of the more difficult but more rewarding aspects of life: deep work, intimate connections with friends and loved ones, focused attention for hobbies with intrinsic rewards. By training users to crave constant novelty and the immediate approval of... See more
Adam Singer • TikTok and Instagram are intellectual poison
"Irony is the song of a bird that has come to love its cage." - David Foster Wallace
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Can you Imagine? A library of possibilities for reimagining the Internet
The Internet is Destroying Your Attention: How to Survive the Attention Economy
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sari and • 299 cards
Maybe the goal is not _the _New Internet, but a series of internets that live alongside a more mainstream, lackluster counterpart. As opposed to a monolithic archipelago these internets could be thought of as autonomous island nations that users jump between. Some of these islands will provide things that others can't. Some will have trade lines... See more
Bryan Lehrer • What Happened to the New Internet?
The internet used to be an escape from reality.
Now, reality is an escape from the internet.