The internet’s promise was always a libertarian fantasy, but there were still benefits to be had for most people.

As commercial pressures escalated, those benefits were slowly eroded and the drawbacks grew. Now generative AI could kill them altogether.

https://disconnect.blog/the-digital-revolution-has-failed/

#tech #ai #generativeai

You're allowed to post on your blog once every decade, and you don't even need to apologize for it. That's also part of having your own space.

Personal sites aren't a competition, and productivity doesn't have to be a metric.

(note to self)

Last 3 days to get your printed copy of
⚡️WHO IS AFRAID OF DEGROWTH?⚡️
A Graphic Novel About the Misunderstandings of Degrowth by the brilliant Celin Keller https://en.goteo.org/project/who-is-afraid-of-degrowth

You can always download a FREE PDF here:

https://celinekeller.com/who-is-afraid-of-degrowth (it's actually 158 pages long + 42 pages links to sources) #Degrowth #ClimateAction #ClimateDiary
@farhanasultana

We wander through virtual worlds, collecting likes, gaining followers, and “levelling up.”

The algorithms keep us hooked, giving us personalised highlight reels and dopamine hits of validation.

But where is the point of all this?

We've gamified our online lives, but to what end?

Too many of us build, create, engage and communicate for metrics rather than meaning.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-internet-as-a-video-game