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The internet ushered in a Cambrian explosion of connection, allowing us to find each other while hundreds of miles apart. But to underpin this connection, I’m beginning to believe that the internet has only given us
Heemin Chung, Sunken Village, 2022 The internet ushered in a Cambrian explosion of connection, allowing us to find each other while hundreds of miles apart. But to underpin this connection, I’m beginning to believe that the internet has only given us legibility, but not understanding. For a long time, I’ve been obsessed with being legible online. You can find what I write, read, and even think all in one place. Legibility is important in an attention economy. You only have ten seconds to make an impression, and you better make them count. But legibility is fundamentally different from…
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