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Both Bluesky and Lemon8 are designed to be black holes. We are all of us craving something new, places and spaces online that we can go to feel good and have fun and be inspired. These are normal human things to want; people want to be around each other. But it is almost impossible to create or maintain that kind of space if your company's goal is

Kelsey McKinney • The Internet Isn't Meant To Be So Small | Defector

the bookstore was inhuman.

Kyle Chayka • Filterworld

these decreases are “the result of lifelong selection processes by which people strategically and adaptively cultivate their social networks to maximize social and emotional gains and minimize social and emotional risks.” What Carstensen and her colleagues found is that the shrinking of social networks with aging is due primarily to “pruning” perip

Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths • Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Sociologist Elijah Anderson’s work on the “cosmopolitan canopy” showcases Rittenhouse Square and Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia—places that foster civil interactions among people from very different backgrounds. In these places, individuals change their behavior, often acting differently than they would in their own neighborhoods. Somethin

John MacDonald • Changing Places: The Science and Art of New Urban Planning

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to poor neighborhoods in big cities, and the community leaders tell me the real crisis for poor teenagers is that there’s just not much for them to do anymore, and nowhere to go,” Klinenberg told me. “I’d like to see the government build social infrastructure for teenagers with the creativity and generosit... See more

Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century

We’re wired for small, close-knit communities, but instead we’re lost in the chaos of a massive, impersonal society. It’s no wonder we’re struggling—this isn’t the environment we were built for. The cracks are everywhere. Just scroll through social media or read the comments on a political post, and you’ll see it: a storm of anger, hostility, and d... See more

Erik Rittenberry • The Comfortable Life is Killing You

But this isn’t just about seeking exit from the turmoil of a modern, connected existence, nor is it merely about recharging our batteries so that we can absorb yet more political polarisation, toxic social media or climate catastrophe. It is also about engaging in a social policy of degrowth as a corrective to practices that are taxing the planet, ... See more

David J Siegel • Modern Life Subjects Us to All-Consuming Demands. That’s Why We Should Reflect on What It Means to Step Away From It All

According to Putnam, the more we prioritize our private bubbles over public life, the more we disconnect from our local surroundings. This has weakened American democracy. Fewer people are engaged in politics, and those who do are often at the political poles. With less social capital, our neighborhoods are connected by fewer informal, reciprocal t... See more

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Kelsey McKinney • The Internet Isn't Meant To Be So Small | Defector

Kyle Chayka • Filterworld

Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths • Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

John MacDonald • Changing Places: The Science and Art of New Urban Planning

Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century

Erik Rittenberry • The Comfortable Life is Killing You

David J Siegel • Modern Life Subjects Us to All-Consuming Demands. That’s Why We Should Reflect on What It Means to Step Away From It All

Ethan Zuckerman • Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them