Internet Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/internet/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:17:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png Internet Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/internet/ 32 32 Weaving a Feminist Cyberlaw https://www.publicbooks.org/weaving-a-feminist-cyberlaw/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:00:15 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53143 Women invented cyberspace. Yet today’s internet rewards misogyny with fame, wealth, and power. Could it be otherwise?

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]]> Please Hold While I Disconnect You https://www.publicbooks.org/please-hold-while-i-disconnect-you/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:00:15 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53002 Both novels and non-fiction suggest exhaustion, disappointment, and listlessness are central to digital capitalism.

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]]> Trapped Inside with Bo Burnham https://www.publicbooks.org/trapped-inside-with-bo-burnham/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:00:53 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=46621 Autofiction like Burnham’s—or Wallace’s, or Lerner’s—show white men using irony, self-deprecation, and vulnerability. Should we listen?

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]]> How to See Silicon Valley: Talking with Mary Beth Meehan and Fred Turner https://www.publicbooks.org/how-to-see-silicon-valley-talking-with-mary-beth-meehan-and-fred-turner/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 15:00:10 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=45984 "The ways in which the community itself is breaking down felt like end game capitalism."

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]]> Nobody Verzuz a Nation https://www.publicbooks.org/nobody-verzuz-a-nation/ Fri, 28 May 2021 15:00:21 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=43485 Though a new phenomenon, Verzuz isn’t new. Black artistic, scholarly, athletic, and political spaces have always been made into battlegrounds.

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]]> Can Free Assembly Survive the Internet? https://www.publicbooks.org/can-free-assembly-survive-the-internet/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:00:39 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=41344 When the internet is in everything, its problems are everywhere.

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]]> Users of the World, Unite? https://www.publicbooks.org/users-of-the-world-unite/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:00:43 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=40428 Critical examinations of the internet too often focus on the successes and failures of corporate leaders, rather than on the real constituents of online communities.

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]]> The Limits of Telecommuting https://www.publicbooks.org/the-limits-of-telecommuting/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:00:48 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=39540 Perhaps the lesson to take from this year of living online is not about making better technology. It’s about recognizing technology’s limits.

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]]> Can Comics Save Your Life? https://www.publicbooks.org/can-comics-save-your-life/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:00:17 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=38247 In lockdown, one shop asked for people to submit comics of “a utopian world after we survive this moment.” Hundreds around the world answered.

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]]> Reading Resources: The Internet https://www.publicbooks.org/reading-resources-the-internet/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:30:19 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=38150 A resource for teaching and discussing the internet, including a reading list, podcast, and discussion questions.

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