A better internet for readers

What you read matters; so does where you read it

The internet revolutionized reading, but instead of a utopia, it has delivered a mess. The main places where we read online today are cacophonic, stressful, and milking our minds for ad dollars. There are great reading products, but they are niche, and the tech giants seem to have lost interest in making them since the demise of Google Reader. Instead, we are left to contend with a fusillade of pop-ups and a Big Social-dominated media economy that is making us angry and stupid. But the internet still holds tremendous promise for readers. It remains true that it democratizes access to news,…

related reading

• Nintil - [Guest post] How Substack Became Milquetoastnintil.com
• The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online - David Perellperell.com
• Is the Internet Making Culture Worse?—Asteriskasteriskmag.com
• The internet is already over - by Sam Krisssamkriss.substack.com
• Internet as Practicedanhunt.substack.com
• A better future for newson.substack.com
• Why Novelists Are Embracing Substack - Can Substack Reinvent the Social Internet?esquire.com
• The Internet is for conversationankitshah.substack.com
• Substack shouldn’t decide what we read - by Elle Griffinelysian.press
• Recursive Publishingevery.to
• Substack could create the future of books - by Elle Griffinelysian.press
• Donald Trump and Honor Levy and Sally Rooney and Stephen Sondheim and Mesubstack.com