i miss the old internet
tech, the future of tech, what’s changed, etc
i miss the old internet
The internet—it seemed like such a good idea at the time.
Gideon Lewis-Kraus • Why Good Ideas Die Quietly and Bad Ideas Go Viral
“The way to manage your attention is not to ‘unplug’ or do some sort of bullshit Classical Liberal virtue signaling crap of ‘I only read Ancient Greek authors’ but to be sensitive to your current mind size and consciously target the zone you want to be in...
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
Frame of preference
aresluna.org
A quick example from my life: Twitter didn’t replace Facebook. The iPad didn’t replace my phone. My phone didn’t replace my TV. Now, I watch YouTube on my iPad, toss the video up to my TV, while checking Twitter and Facebook on my phone. It’s a little constellation of technology. But I keep asking myself: how many more things can I juggle? And for... See more
Frank Chimero • Frank Chimero · The Web’s Grain
Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of
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