the ~internet~
we’re all rotting and i need a breath of fresh air
the ~internet~
I’ve been fascinated with how the Internet can be used to form beautiful ephemeral moments of connection with the most unexpected kinds of people. This doc outlines an inquiry into how we create the conditions for those moments, how to cultivate and sustainably grow the intimate tiny internets we explore that protect us from the wide, scary,... See more
Spencer Chang • tiny internets: sidewalks, geocaching, and more · tiny internets
(If you do not have a subscription or do not have the means to get one, type archive.is/newest/ right before the URL of the article. Again, I am not encouraging this! Just putting it out there that internet archives exist ).
Elle • longform articles & essays 101
internet archives oop
Hello this is your infinite scroll checkpoint to remind you that the inventor of the infinite scroll deeply regrets its creation and now pours his efforts into an organization he co-founded called the Center for Humane Technology to try to heal some of the damage he inadvertently caused.
Noelle Sundaysubstack.com
This excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s interview in 2003 ties perfectly to my essay about the eerie relevance of his ideas
Brock Covingtonsubstack.comThanks to the internet and our insatiably consumerist culture, it is finally possible to distract yourself for every waking minute of your life and barely even notice you’re doing it. When you mix all colors of paint together, you get black. Everything quickly becomes nothing.