We change policy, culture, and behavior through collective action — so every child grows up with more play, independence, and real-world connection, and less time online.
The hidden ‘rules of the game’ that dictate how we navigate the world | Psyche Videos
How free are we really, if human behaviour embodies the complex, intertwined webs of society and history?
The Internet Transition
The Internet is allowing us to build a richer, more complex society but the way in which we Internet today is failing to support the governance systems that a more complex world requires. I take a look at why these issues are related, try to develop an intuition for a way forward, and point at the emerging field that is coming together to build that future.
Humans are social creatures. We crave bonding and social connections. In our digital world, our common social space is a campfire, which is the group chat.
Every Online Contretemps Is Definitionally Stupid
I meant to write something else and this is what came out. It is very weird to be writing about this again.
Every Country Has Its Own Internet Now
A patchwork of privacy laws, teen social media bans, and "digital sovereignty" pushes means the Internet you see depends entirely on where you're standing.
Gathering the Custodians of the Internet: Lessons from the First CivilServant Summit - Citizens and Technology Lab
An agenda for citizen behavioral science to maintain and protect the communities we love online.
Being in a crowd doesn’t make you part of a mindless mob | Psyche Ideas
It’s often assumed people lose their minds in a crowd. Research on riots, festivals and sports tells a more uplifting story
Living in the inflection point
I'm scared, I'm excited, and I'm exhausted by the pace of change. All of those things can be true at the same time. This blog post is a (hopefully) grounded take on living through AI's inflection point, why the backlash is valid, and why human connection matters more now than ever.
To Be Curious - Alex’s Writing Journal
I don’t disagree, but I would argue what congress is missing is not youth, but curiosity. Which can be said about a lot of other groups and institutions. 🤷♂️
AI-induced cultural stagnation is here - Fast Company
AI-mediated culture is already being filtered in ways that favor the familiar, the describable, and the conventional.
Building a Culture of (Digital) Safety
Black culture is in a lot of ways synonymous with how internet culture exists writ large. From what is now described as “Gen-Z slang” (or as Black people have always known it, AAVE) to our methods of organizing (Black feminists starting hashtag activism and creating movements like #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, and #SayHerName) and even how we […]
Indie Thinkers
A curated collection of quotes from the brightest minds on the internet.
Gradients of intimacy and creating shelter: An interview with Erin Kissane
How might we use nature as an inspiration for creating online communities?
Implicit Feudalism: Why Online Communities Still Haven’t Caught Up with My Mother’s Garden Club
Alongside whatever else mothers and sons talk about, I have begun receiving regular updates on the governance of my mother’s neighborhood garden club. They make me jealous.
