internet culture
There’s a joke around “the best minds of my generation were tasked with getting people to click on ads”. At least you can attribute those ads to powering free global communications, information networks, and technical research.
I’d argue that the most creative minds of my generation were told to believe that creating yet another self-satisfying... See more
I’d argue that the most creative minds of my generation were told to believe that creating yet another self-satisfying... See more
Reggie James • Political Expectations
I use technology in order to hate it more properly. –Nam June Paik https://t.co/8lJQifwyqD
The World Wide Web is what I know best (I’ve coded for money in the programming languages Java, JavaScript, Python, Perl, PHP, Clojure, and XSLT), but the Web is only one small part of the larger world of software development. There are 11 million professional software developers on earth, according to the research firm IDC. (An additional 7... See more
PAUL FORD • Paul Ford: What Is Code? | Bloomberg
Like newsletters, what’s said in podcasts is non-indexed, non-optimized, and non-gamified. It’s a more forgiving space for communication than the internet at large.
Dark forests like newsletters and podcasts are growing areas of activity. As are other dark forests, like Slack channels, private Instagrams, invite-only message boards, text groups,... See more
Dark forests like newsletters and podcasts are growing areas of activity. As are other dark forests, like Slack channels, private Instagrams, invite-only message boards, text groups,... See more
Yancey Strickler • The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
idk if this is really a ‘dark forest’ — more a gated community that means there is trust to share. the commons are too unruly to trust/are feared
Over the years, I have written a lot about commercial (and domestic) spaces becoming more “logistical.” The degraded customer experience may be worthwhile from a cost-benefit perspective—and we can at least hope to recoup our losses in other domains, such as convenience—but the plight of physical space is real. The less pleasant it is to spend time... See more
Drew Austin • The Amazonification of Public Space
“the internet is full of smart people writing beautiful prose about how bad everything is... i find this confusing and tragic, like watching Olympic high-jumpers catapult themselves into a pit of tarantulas.”
i have also been thinking about how all the timeless classics do not do this. my heroes do not do this, at least not in their heroic works.
why... See more
i have also been thinking about how all the timeless classics do not do this. my heroes do not do this, at least not in their heroic works.
why... See more
Andrew Rose on Substack
Digital platforms are largely devoted to making users consume more, faster—think of TikTok’s frenetic “For You” feed or Spotify’s automated playlists. Curators slow down the unending scroll and provide their followers with a way of savoring culture, rather than just inhaling it, developing a sense of appreciation.