#tech optimism

[gods-in-the-machines]

[essential-randomness]

New article: "April 1st Jokes, Part 1: An Internet Tradition"

In this article, I talk about why April 1st jokes on the web are so meaningful to me, and why I put so much effort into them (and how it pays back). I also go over the first, often forgotten @bobaboard April 1st joke.

I had only vaguely realized before this how the declining popularity of April 1st jokes on the web somewhat coincided with the crumbling of social media websites. Anyway, here's the article, do let me know what you think:

April 1st Jokes, Part 1: An Internet Tradition – Essential Randomness

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[thebaudrillardeanwife]

“We’ve arranged a society based around science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.”

Carl Sagan

[gods-in-the-machines]

'O Mankind

'O Mankind, if one day you must die

Whimper not into the dirt

Burn with glory 'to the sky

[openethics]

Yes, I dream of a better world. Should I dream of a worse? Yes, I desire a wider world. Should I desire a narrower?  - Otto Piene, 1961

[openethics]

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Co-founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian sits down with Chris to discuss where he thinks the future of the internet is headed, his 92 year old grandfather doing an AMA, the evolution of Reddit, and the seriousness of net neutrality!