I used to think that the history of the internet began with people like Tim Berners-Lee; plucky tech nuts with an innocent, grass roots passion for technological advancement. There are many such stories in internet folk-lore that would have us think that the internet is a Utopian entity; one where democracy, ingenuity and equality prevail, a fresh start for the new post-war batch of humanity … Continue reading Surveillance Valley Review Or: How We Should Learn to Start Worrying and Loathe the Internet

Commentary on David Foster Wallace, Girl with Curious Hair, chapter four (“Lyndon”). Continue reading “Love is a Federal Highway”