dreaming of a better internet
sari and
dreaming of a better internet
distribution soul searching
Troy Young • No, The Web Is Not Dead
the new reality: chat pulls knowledge and attention away from pages on the internet.
As late as 2011, journalists and technologists were praising social media’s emancipatory power in light of the role of Facebook and Twitter in the Arab Spring revolts. But, as has been noted many times, after the U.S. presidential election in 2016, such optimism increasingly appeared naïve and misguided. Now Facebook and Twitter are seen as... See more
L. M. Sacasas • The Analog City and the Digital City
fuel to the fire
I think there is a mental health crisis amongst both journalists and artists, and I think that ad driven platform capitalism is largely responsible
Mat Dryhursttwitter.comour internet is bad for mental health. everyone feels this but, individuated, we comply for fear of retribution.
the practices that gave our lives purpose and meaning have been all but obliterated in search of attention
my goal is simply to create a space to wander around
Morgan Harper Nichols • A Necessary Imagination
There should be lots of different, human-scale alternative experiences on the internet that offer up home-cooked, locally-grown, ethically-sourced, code-to-table alternatives to the factory-farmed junk food of the internet. And they should be weird.
Anil Dash • The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
There is an internet that is mine & I would like you to live in it with me - Chia's Blog
Maya Indira Ganeshchias.blog
I am so, deeply, truly uninterested in reaction (which is why I don’t read the comments on my public Instagram account). But I am so curious about response: the mysterious sacred moments when we are compelled into action (often unwitnessed by others) or invited into new ways of thinking.
It’s the difference between seeing a painting through a... See more
It’s the difference between seeing a painting through a... See more
Mari Andrew • A Life Without Instagram
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.