But perhaps the death of search is good for the future of the web. Perhaps websites can be free of dumb rankings and junky ads that are designed to make fractions of a penny at a time. Perhaps the web needs to be released from the burden of this business model.
So Many Websites, by Robin Randle. Pairs well with Dave Winer’s recent post, Of the Web.
There’s a web underneath the commodification of everything that still very much exists. And I think, even after all this time, blogs are still the best way to bring it out.
This makes me think about the free web.
One Battle After Another (2025): “Sixteen years later, the world had hardly changed.” A film as uncanny and precise as any Pynchon novel, complimented by performances, cinematography and a soundtrack that fully flesh it out. I could watch this movie 10 more times and never get bored.
Pluribus continues to just bring it each and every week. Hitchcock level drama.
via Oliver Burkeman, and clipped from John Stilgoe’s Outside Lies Magic
