Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
Context
Yancey Strickler, in: The Dark Forest and the Post-Individual. " "Earlier this week I spoke with the writer Nadia Asparahouva, author of the great book Working in Public. "In our conversation, Nadia Asparahouva mentioned the classic piece “Status as a service” by Eugene Wei that details how Twitter functions (or functioned) as a giant status-seeking engine. This piece, Nadia proposed, crystalized the era of the internet when people were optimizing for likes and cultural cache in a game that felt novel and exciting. Something essentially all ambitious people felt compelled to do.
Nadia described the Dark Forest as representing the next era of the internet — where we are now. Where instead of seeking to maximize status — which some of us still do — more of us find ourselves seeking safety and context online instead."
(https://ystrickler.com/the-dark-forest-and-the-post-individual)
More information
- Book: The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.