So the Internet Didn’t Turn Out the Way We Hoped. Now What?
It was supposed to be a utopia. Instead … it’s complicated. Here’s a guide to our online future — with maps, graphs and cats.
The 11.17.19 Issue
Highlights
CreditPhoto illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari The Internet Dream Became a Nightmare. What Will Become of It Now?
In trying to foresee the future of an internet that's already changing, the only certainty is complexity.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari Online Cesspool Got You Down? You Can Clean It Up, For a Price
A new “luxury internet” is poised to make the online experience even more unequal than it already is.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari We’re Stuck With the Tech Giants. But They’re Stuck With Each Other.
What used to seem like a fight for world domination has now become an uneasy stalemate.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
Finding Truth Online Is Hard Enough. Censors Make It a Labyrinth.
Under President Erdogan's censorship regime, Turks can easily find everyday information. But they never fully know what they're missing.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari China’s Internet Is Flowering. And It Might Be Our Future.
What most Westerners don't know about China's highly integrated approach to mobile apps: It’s amazing.
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CreditPhoto Illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari Even Nobodies Have Fans Now. (For Better or Worse.)
Online fan culture clings to everything. Case in point: podcasts.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari What Do Teenagers Learn Online Today? That Identity Is a Work in Progress
The popularity of makeup-tutorial artists like Antonio Garza speaks to the power of self-transformation in an era when everyone is on display.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
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