Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous.
I knew I was supposed to have an opinion on how the web and the capital markets interacted, but I just wanted to write stuff and put it online. Or to talk about web standards—those documents, crafted by committees at the World Wide Web consortium, that defined the contract between a web browser and a web server, outlining how HTML would work. These standards didn’t define just software, but also culture; this was the raw material of human interaction. I could barely comprehend the new frontiers into which I awoke each morning.
Update: It’s Bandcamp’s Album of the Day.
Today I disabled registration of new accounts at p3k.org #dsgtfo #gdprssion
“We're doomed.”
Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention.
“Standing in the way is capitalism. Can you imagine the global airline industry being dismantled when hundreds of new runways are being built right now all over the world? It’s almost as if we’re deliberately attempting to defy nature. We’re doing the reverse of what we should be doing, with everybody’s silent acquiescence, and nobody’s batting an eyelid.”
#DeleteFacebook
To make an impact, we must act. It is tempting to wait until others make the switch, because what if others don’t follow? But individual actions definitely add up.
Relevant: Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match.
Hello, This Is An Essay About Race.
It is hard to understand privilege if you’re broke and have to claw, tooth and nail, for all the things you were promised were yours in the first place.
Drama der Extreme: Die Debatte um #deletefacebook und wie wir die Chance auf Veränderung verspielen.
Letztlich übt man sich so in einem digitalen Stockholmsyndrom, einer Form der zirkulierenden, zynischen Vernunft: Wir wissen was wir tun, und tun es trotzdem – weil es unsere ‚Freunde‘ tun, die es auch nur tun, weil wir es tun. In diesem Lichte ist das Argument, dass ein #deletefacebook mit hohen persönlichen Kosten verbunden ist, von einer Verteidigung des Status Quo kaum mehr zu unterscheiden.
Wo so eine Chance genau liegt, wird mir aus dem Artikel leider nicht klar. Trotzdem ganz lesbar.
Treetop Tower of Rügen.
A long spiraling walkway winds through the surrounding woodlands, rising up above a copper beech tree at the center.
Domingos de Oliveira surft gern auf Facebook und schreibt Nachrichten per WhatsApp. Und er ist blind. Hier erklärt er, wie er das Internet nutzt und warum die Erfindung des Smartphones für ihn ein Segen war.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2100.
