i miss the old internet
tech, the future of tech, what’s changed, etc
i miss the old internet
Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That’s what surfers do—take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we’ve become incredibly adept technically. We’ve treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.
Brian Eno
What computing is missing is
integration periods. It's all psychoactive stimuli,
integration periods. It's all psychoactive stimuli,
“The way to manage your attention is not to ‘unplug’ or do some sort of bullshit Classical Liberal virtue signaling crap of ‘I only read Ancient Greek authors’ but to be sensitive to your current mind size and consciously target the zone you want to be in...
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
A quick example from my life: Twitter didn’t replace Facebook. The iPad didn’t replace my phone. My phone didn’t replace my TV. Now, I watch YouTube on my iPad, toss the video up to my TV, while checking Twitter and Facebook on my phone. It’s a little constellation of technology. But I keep asking myself: how many more things can I juggle? And for ... See more
Frank Chimero • Frank Chimero · The Web’s Grain
New World Same Humans | David Mattin | Substack
newworldsamehumans.xyz
Current state of tech