Quite likely the best thing I’ve read all year on the state of the internet today and the challenges it faces. «I’m tired of being scared of what the web is going go look like tomorrow. […] How do we change this industry to make it wonderful again? How do we build an Internet we’re not ashamed of?»

From Weekly Filet #174, in August 2014.

The Internet with a Human Face

The Internet with a Human Face

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