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Maybe we need to raise the black flag, and refuse to participate in the centralized, American, plutocratic Internet, working instead on an anarchistic alternative. Maciej Cegłowski’s talks are always great. So is this one, on the current state of the internet (and what to do about it). Update: You wouldn’t hire someone who couldn’t make… Continue reading Untitled

Link: Back online after a year without the internet

Here’s the story of a guy that leaves the internet for a year in order to solve all his problems: “I’d read enough blog posts and magazine articles and books about how the internet makes us lonely, or stupid, or lonely and stupid, that I’d begun to believe them. I wanted to figure out what… Continue reading Link: Back online after a year without the internet

Good Reads, Countryside Edition

So my wife and I have been spending almost two weeks now in a largish village right outside the industrial zone of Cartagena. A village with hummingbirds visiting our room from time to time, a village with stunning sunsets, really loud music, and rather bad infrastructure. (Way better than 10 years ago and way better… Continue reading Good Reads, Countryside Edition

A Trip To Outloggistan

Another month, another bunch of problems with my internet provider. Without any apparent reason – bills are paid on time, cables look fine – the service gets suspended. This seems to happen every couple of weeks, and as much as it gets on my nerves, I was wondering these days about whether there wasn’t some… Continue reading A Trip To Outloggistan