Branch magazine Issue 9 is now live. I’m chuffed to say that I have an article as part of this issue.
My article, entitled ‘An Internet that Works with Our Natural Rhythms’, explores what the possible future of a grid-aware web could look and feel like, in the form of an imaginary day in the life story of a fictional character called Rey.
An internet against natural rhythms
The internet is ‘always-on’. You can browse the millions of active websites at any time, in almost any location. You can shop, for just about anything, whenever you feel the urge to. You can play games; message people on the other side of the world; watch tutorials of how to make things. Whatever you want. Whenever you want.
This goes against all of our natural rhythms. It blocks our sleep, changes our working habits so that we’re on a blue light emitting screen instead of outdoors when it’s light, disconnects us from human interaction and replaces it with ‘social’ media.
But what if it didn’t? What if instead, the internet worked in harmony with our natural ebbs and flows, our renewable energy production, our sleep-wake cycles, our seasons? What could that internet look and feel like? […]
Read the full article on Branch