Infinite Detail
The modern internet overwhelms us, disheartens us, and distracts us from what matters most. But most alarming of all, it erodes our ability to trust—in others, in ourselves, in institutions, in humanity, and in the future. The scary thing about losing trust is that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. When we suspect the worst, it creates a downw... See more
rob hardy • The more beautiful internet our hearts know is possible
Now the Consumer Story is collapsing in on itself, and is at risk of taking us down with it. It was supposed to set us free and give us power, but many of us feel trapped in a rat race, while the background to our lives is a spiral of decline we are powerless to do anything about.
Brian Eno • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Life today in New York produces a very peculiar vision of what is and what can be, and without this vision life in New York is impossible. A child on the streets of New York never touches anything which has not been scientifically developed, engineered, planned, and sold to someone. Even the trees are there because the Parks Department decided to p
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The Beginning is a century-long process, and its muddling forward is mundane. Its big databases and extensive communications are boring. Aspects of this dawning real-time global mind are either dismissed as nonsense or feared. There is indeed a lot to be legitimately worried about because there is not a single aspect of human culture—or nature—that
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