We Love the Internet 2019/27: The Dark forest theory of the internet edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
• Seinfeld is 30 years old. Here are 5 ways it changed television.
• The Coalition Out to Kill Tech as We Know It
• The catch-22 that broke the internet
• When Grown-Ups Get Caught in Teens’ AirDrop Crossfire
• Hollywood is quietly using AI to help decide which movies to make
• The Best Ideas Are the Ones That Make the Least Sense
• Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again

Reference points:

• Remake my day
• Why We Created a Gender-Inclusive Stock Photo Library
• What Do the Most GIF-able TV Shows Have in Common?
• How to speak Silicon Valley: 53 essential tech-bro terms explained

Longer reads:

• Uber’s Path of Destruction
• Destroyer of worlds
• How the pursuit of leisure drives internet use
• Investing in the Podcast Ecosystem in 2019
• Huawei’s Yearslong Rise Is Littered With Accusations of Theft and Dubious Ethics
• After 15 years the pirate bay still can’t be killed
• Donald Trump’s Wikipedia Entry Is a War Zone

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• How The Shawshank Redemption Humanizes Prisoners
• Draining a Flooded Street
• 80″ Symphonic Gong played by Paiste Gong Master Sven
• This Ingenious Man Has Created A ‘Tree Bike’ That Allows Him To Go Up 100-Foot-Tall Trees
• The Best Unexpected Technique for Whisking
• Video shows helicopter rescue of injured hiker
• Trine Softball Wins Super Regional With Hidden Ball Trick Play!
• This Disastrous Snowmobile Stunt Attempt Is The Most Canadian Video On The Internet

Things to look at/read:

• The dark side of Japan’s anime industry
• A Woman Leaned Over Beyoncé To Talk To Jay-Z — And The Beyhive Responded With A Wave Of Harassment
• I Promise This Clickbait Delivers: This Horrifying Florida Man Story Involves Boats, Guns, Cocaine, And Hostages
• Three comedians on how they cope with depression
• ‘Get Scavino in here’: Trump’s Twitter guru is the ultimate insider

Animal corner:

• Cat Feeder Machine
• Bride Sara Carson Devine / Dances with her “Best Dog” Hero
• Hello, new friend.
• Everything’s terrible so here’s a cat massaging a capybara
• Can everybody just Please look at this cat
• You haven’t lived until you get to 30 seconds
• This is the best thing you will see today
• So we had to put a cone on my dog again. My cat loves it

Tweets of the week:

• Giant weetabix
• There is no comment which can adequately describe this behaviour.
• Hit up graduation then I Woahh
• Honestly can’t stop reading this mental job advert. It’s an absolute dystopian masterpiece.
• Happy 21st birthday to this: the greatest 20 seconds of Glastonbury coverage ever broadcast…
• I know nobody wants political content on this account but it’s 2:30am and I am awake and putting Marianne Williamson’s speech to Twin Peaks music
• This really bothers me and yet I can’t stop watching it.

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid?
• The Grindr Grifter
• Would you leave your life behind for a house you saw on Instagram?
• The Artist Who Gave Up Her Daughter
• El Chapo: what the rise and fall of the kingpin reveals about the war on drugs
• Can CBD Really Do All That?

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