OK, I wrote up a whole blog post with some more detailed thoughts on this. Curious if anything here resonates with other folks. Thanks to @iame.li, @dholms.at, and @bnewbold.net for helpful pointers and discussions! pckt.blog/b/bits-of-entropy/all-data-sh…
All data should be permissioned data - Bits of Entropy
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Richard Barnes
@dholms.at - What is the right venue for discussion on this Permissioned Data proposal you wrote up. atp@ietf.org or something else? I think it is wrong in some pretty fundamental ways. Or at least the motivations are poorly articulated.
Jul 2, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Opinion | The Tyranny of Convenience (Published 2018)
All the personal tasks in our lives are being made easier. But at what cost?
Retrofuturism
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m an avid reader of L.M. Sacasas’s Convivial Society which I feel offers some of the best thinking on technology while always remaining clear and accessible, with no sensationalism and an abiding humanity. So when Mike wrote in the latest instalment (III.9) that he was offering seven theses “less cautiously formulated” with the thought that they might elicit some responses, I found jumping in hard to resist.
Bret Victor - The Future of Programming
I think this talk gives lots of food for thought. Are we too entrenched in our ways, to think in other/better ways?
Imagining a Safer Future for Content Moderators
Through this blog series, we are exploring what the world can look like when technology is designed and deployed for the benefit of all.
Alex Komoroske on Twitter / X
What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow?Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)https://t.co/sfKBVZ2zXr— Alex Komoroske (@komorama) December 5, 2025
We’re in the middle of a perfect storm for rollback of the “open web” and burgeoning online surveillance
Looking at fallout of the KOSA hearings today — and subsequent commentary — I remain optimistic for the development of social technology & communication but I’m beginning to think the ope…
Farid Zakaria’s Blog
I’m a software engineer, father and wishful amateur surfer. If you’ve come seeking my political views, you’ve found the wrong Fareed.
Art or tool?
The Internet spaces I tend to inhabit have more polarisation than at many other recent times, and little explication of the worldviews that lead to different premises for discussion, that in turn...
Make AI Boring Again (xpost)
On the ethics of engagement, the problem with purity politics, and a world worth fighting for Crossposted from here. I am a contrarian who likes to argue and complain a lot. Because of this…
Is this a viable theory of change that points to an actual coherent vision for the future of a safe internet? There’s a lot of poor theories of change in current legislation on both sides of the aisle. Who is championing public utility moderation as an alternative to panopticon age gating?
Alana Purdy’s Husband ⁂
More and more I think moderation as a whole should be publicly funded. Lots of institutions providing lots of diverse moderation services would unlock product creators and communities to thrive safely.
Check out this thread and contribute your papers if you'd like to share!
Rafael M Batista
I’ve created a Collection on @semble.so for #IC2S2. It’s open for anyone to throw in a link to their paper. If that’s too much work, you can reply here with a link and I’ll do it for you and send you the “card” Semble is proving to be a great tool for discovering new research @ic2s2.bsky.social
Agreed, and at the same time I feel we have barely scratched the surface on the power of movements: there is something important in what my friend Ida wrote here idajosefiina.com/services-1
nate
Such an important question! Looking forward to reading this
Anna Ciaunica PhD
When we make AI agents, are they becoming more like us ? Or us more like them ? All artificial agents are hybrid by design because they contain biomimetic cognitive abilities baked in by their Geppetto Check out our new preprint with Shaun Gallagher 😎 osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/te9r4_v1
