new internet
About this Class #
There are two meanings of internet:
When the average person says “internet” they usually refer to the second definition. This class, on the other hand, explores the first.
There are two meanings of internet:
- the infrastructure that connects computing devices,
- or the ecosystem of applications built on that infrastructure.
When the average person says “internet” they usually refer to the second definition. This class, on the other hand, explores the first.
Ben Cuan • Intro to the Internet | 🗒️ Ben's Notes
Back in the 2000s, a lot of blogs were about blogs , about blogging. If that sounds exhaustingly meta, well, yes — but it was also SUPER generative. When the thing can describe itself, when it becomes the natural place to discuss and debate itself, I am telling you: some flywheel gets spinning, and powerful things start to happen.
Robin Sloan • A Year of New Avenues
Because of the internet we don’t need to define our identity based on where we physically live, who we’re born to, or what we look like, as has been the case in human history until now.
Yancey Strickler • The Post-Individual
I think we see a decline in the big "open sea" social networks, replaced increasingly by fragmented silos. I don't know what will happen to Twitter, but if Elon's shenanigans cause it to fail I don't think we'll ever see anything quite like it take its place:
Lars Doucet Dec 26 • AI: Markets for Lemons, and the Great Logging Off
