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The Internet is Crack<p>Web 2.0 changed the way we connect — but not everything changed.</p><p>We explore how certain habits stuck around (like “surfing the web”), while things like dating shifted dramatically online.</p><p>We talked to Harvard Business School economist Shane Greenstein about these changes, the rise of AI, and what the internet’s next phase might look like.</p><p>🎧 Full episode available now wherever you get your podcasts.<br><a href="https://youtu.be/z3z94qVCGp8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/z3z94qVCGp8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theinternetiscrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theinternetiscrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onlinebehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlinebehavior</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techpodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techpodcast</span></a></p>
Lawrence Nault- Stone & Signal<p>“When the gods fell silent, we invented algorithms. When the prophets disappeared, we logged on.” — LN</p><p>Conspiracy theories aren’t just beliefs. They’re stories.</p><p>Stories that explain chaos. Stories that evolve.</p><p>New essay: The Myth Machine<br>Conspiracies as the modern evolution of myth, meaning, and control.</p><p>Read it here: <a href="https://mountainthermit.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-myth-machine-how-conspiracy.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mountainthermit.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/04/the-myth-machine-how-conspiracy.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mythmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mythmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConspiracyTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NarrativePower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NarrativePower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaLiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Artgorithme<p>Pixel Kickflip.<br><a href="https://aipub.social/tags/ArtDigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtDigital</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/SkateArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkateArt</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/UrbanVibes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanVibes</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/GlitchArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlitchArt</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/StreetStyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetStyle</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/Skateboarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skateboarding</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/ModernArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModernArt</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/DigitalCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCulture</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/AbstractBackground" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbstractBackground</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/YouthCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouthCulture</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/VisualPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisualPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/AiArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AiArt</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/CreativeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeExpression</span></a> <a href="https://aipub.social/tags/Midjourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Midjourney</span></a></p>
Daniele de Rigo<p>15/</p><p>Following the full recovery after the cyberattack to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> on October 2024 and the current increasing attacks to <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/DigitalPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalPreservation</span></a> and <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/KnowledgeFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeFreedom</span></a>, worst-case scenarios unfortunately are no longer unthinkable. While planning, maybe they should be considered as entirely possible instead.</p><p>The context is changing, and preserving our fragile <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/DigitalCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCulture</span></a> may require an ever-deeper awareness of the possible failures for core foundations until recently taken for granted</p>
servus.at<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.servus.at/@linz_fmr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linz_fmr</span></a></span> looks for new productions on the areas of Digital Afterlife and Immortality; Future Archaeology and Digital Artifacts; Digital Deceleration, Isolation, and the New Idyll: as well as AI Societies, Power Structures, and Resistance.</p><p><a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/opencall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opencall</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/linz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linz</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/residency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>residency</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/mediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediart</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/digitalculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalculture</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/publicart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicart</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/airesistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airesistance</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/criticalAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticalAI</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"In all fairness, let me say that the corporations didn’t intend to make the culture stagnant and boring. They didn’t intend to cause teen depression, suicidal impulses, anxiety, self-harm, and all the rest.</p><p>All they really wanted was to impose standardization and predictability. That’s what businesses always want—because it’s more profitable.</p><p>But corporate standardization always brings negative unintended effects:</p><p>It destroyed artisans and craftsmanship—because uniformity was more profitable.</p><p>It eliminated indie businesses from your community—because uniformity was more profitable.</p><p>It made every mall look the same—because uniformity was more profitable.</p><p>It made architecture boring, turning everything into a box—because uniformity was more profitable.</p><p>It banished beauty from everyday life—because uniformity was more profitable.</p><p>You can even see this quest for uniformity and standardization in their corporate symbols. Every logo now looks exactly the same.</p><p>But here’s the problem. With the rise of social media and other apps, corporations are now trying to impose standardization on people.</p><p>That means you and me."<br><a href="https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-world-was-flat-now-its-flattened" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">honest-broker.com/p/the-world-</span><span class="invisible">was-flat-now-its-flattened</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DigitalCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCulture</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a></p>
Brad King<p>Tracking SXSW's evolution since '94, from the first Multimedia track to today's digital confluence. My survival guide (now my blog's second-most-read piece) has mapped this transformation, but the landscape keeps shifting.</p><p>The last five years reshaped everything. What wisdom should we pass on?<br>🔗 <a href="https://thebradking.com/2020/02/19/sxsw-nerdpocalypse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebradking.com/2020/02/19/sxs</span><span class="invisible">w-nerdpocalypse/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SXSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SXSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a></p>