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Yes, corporations are too powerful, and yes, technical architecture is part of the reason why. However, the problems that emerged during the era of crypto scams and scandal in the early 2020s are similarly derived from the blockchain’s technical architecture—just like corporations. Asking the blockchain to fix the internet is like fixing your dog’s... See more
Evan Armstrong • Crypto’s Prophet Speaks
At the end of the day, people use the internet to find what they want. A queer teenager feeling isolated in the Midwest can use it to find solace and community. But a bigot can also use it to find all the “research” and “facts” he needs to bolster an opinion that was never going to be changed anyway.
Jenny Odell • How to Internet
My Website Is a Shifting House Next to a River of Knowledge. What Could Yours Be?
thecreativeindependent.comthecreativeindependent.com
While we conventionally think of ourselves as “using the internet,” we are simultaneously and undeniably a part of it . We are both creators and the created. We are man and machine, becoming a new kind of man-machine being, beyond any one person’s conceptualization.
Dan Hunt • Internet as Practice
Preserving the Internet’s “Freewheeling Spirit” - Internet Hall of Fame
Internet Hall Of Fameinternethalloffame.org
A 21st-Century Migrant’s Essentials: Food, Shelter, Smartphone (Published 2015)
Matthew Brunwassernytimes.com
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