Hopeless Visions or Community Utopia: The Internet of Tomorrow
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- However, it turned out that even researchers and military officers have a social need. As the network grew, the need to send messages turned into e-mail, which turned into mailing lists connecting people across hobbies and domains. Community erupted organically, from a want to connect with others. (View Highlight)
- The current discourses on ‘the web’ are focused on the centralisation of power on 4-5 platforms which are controlled by large corporations and where data is the currency powering ads. Whilst our experience of the web may be communicative or connective, the reality is that it is largely driven by e-commerce and advertising of those services. The convenience offered by most platforms is in reality far less valuable than the data we give for free (and in cases of smart devices, even pay to give up). (View Highlight)
- And similar to these sites, mailing lists are still well and alive, and can be formatted individually. It is difficult to imagine a space outside the current data economy, but just as autonomous spaces have always existed offline, so can they be carved out online. (View Highlight)
- However, if we believe in the metaphor of the digital city, we must believe in the best part of the city: The public library. A space that is free to use, not for profit, and which in many instances hosts volunteer-driven, community-based events. (View Highlight)
- Even though we are developing things which should on the surface provide us with more ease, it takes a lot of mental energy to engage with multiple types of platforms, interfaces, or ‘portals’ 🌀. It just adds to the ‘overwhelm’ of everyday life (View Highlight)
- I can see a world where web3 becomes so embedded in everyday life that perhaps another network more like web1.0 starts existing simultaneously. Something simpler, with a focus on expression and connection. I think no matter what happens, that dream never dies. We’re all just looking for the tools that give us the space to live, to laugh, and most of all, to love. 🙏 (View Highlight)
title: “Hopeless Visions or Community Utopia: The Internet of Tomorrow”
author: “cursormag.net”
url: ”https://cursormag.net/Issue02”
date: 2023-12-19
source: reader
tags: media/articles
Hopeless Visions or Community Utopia: The Internet of Tomorrow
Metadata
Highlights
- However, it turned out that even researchers and military officers have a social need. As the network grew, the need to send messages turned into e-mail, which turned into mailing lists connecting people across hobbies and domains. Community erupted organically, from a want to connect with others. (View Highlight)
- The current discourses on ‘the web’ are focused on the centralisation of power on 4-5 platforms which are controlled by large corporations and where data is the currency powering ads. Whilst our experience of the web may be communicative or connective, the reality is that it is largely driven by e-commerce and advertising of those services. The convenience offered by most platforms is in reality far less valuable than the data we give for free (and in cases of smart devices, even pay to give up). (View Highlight)
- And similar to these sites, mailing lists are still well and alive, and can be formatted individually. It is difficult to imagine a space outside the current data economy, but just as autonomous spaces have always existed offline, so can they be carved out online. (View Highlight)
- However, if we believe in the metaphor of the digital city, we must believe in the best part of the city: The public library. A space that is free to use, not for profit, and which in many instances hosts volunteer-driven, community-based events. (View Highlight)
- Even though we are developing things which should on the surface provide us with more ease, it takes a lot of mental energy to engage with multiple types of platforms, interfaces, or ‘portals’ 🌀. It just adds to the ‘overwhelm’ of everyday life (View Highlight)
- I can see a world where web3 becomes so embedded in everyday life that perhaps another network more like web1.0 starts existing simultaneously. Something simpler, with a focus on expression and connection. I think no matter what happens, that dream never dies. We’re all just looking for the tools that give us the space to live, to laugh, and most of all, to love. 🙏 (View Highlight)