Internet Evergreens
A collection of awesome and inspiring web pages that are worth reading
There are many pieces out there on the internet that are excellent and inspiring reads. Sometimes I share a link on the Fediverse, or create a bookmark. They risk being forgotten. The fact that a post is old doesn't diminish its quality.
Here is small collection that I hope to build over time.
Your Life is the Sum Total of 2,000 Mondays
We plan our lives like we're editing a movie trailer. We spend the actual substance of our lives doing laundry and feeling crappy about it...
Published: January 2026
By: Joan Westenberg
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The barely tolerated Monday is a down payment on a life that never arrives, a perpetual advance payment for goods that don't ship.
You become what you repeatedly do. Your life is made of ordinary days, and if those ordinary days are spent waiting for something better, you've wished away your existence. Those days are your real life, and all that remains is whether you're awake for them. Joan shows how thinking about identity-based habits can help.
What technology takes from us - and how to take it back
Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection.
Published: January 2026
By: Rebecca Solnit
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We are told that machines will become like us, but in many ways they demand we become more like them. To let that happen is to lose something immeasurably valuable.
Silicon valley is affecting our lives in many different ways. It changes us, but not for the better. We need to fight back. Rebecca shows us how.
How We Lost Communication to Entertainment
All our communication channels are morphed into content distribution networks. We are more and more entertained but less and less connected.
Published: December 2025
By: Ploum
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The point was never to avoid missing a message sent from a fellow human being. The point was always to fill your time with "content".
Some think of ActivityPub as a "communication protocol" between humans. Others believe that ActivityPub is a content consumption protocol. It's there for entertainment. Ploum gives us some insights to think about.
How much (little) are the AI companies making?
AI helps US big tech companies spinning an endless growth story
Published: June 2025
By: Cory Doctorow
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If you can tell a convincing growth story, it's much easier to grow.
Policymakers and financiers are convinced that AI Is The Future. The reality is that AI is a very bad business. Cory Doctorow explains.
How to walk across a parking lot
Millions of people live and die without ever suspecting that joy can be had in the simple act of crossing a parking lot. If you think this is ridiculous, you may be one of them.
Published: September 2011
By: David Cain
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When it's time to walk across the parking lot, don’t walk like everyone else.
A must-read, this awesome and lovely written essay on how to be in the moment. One of the great evergreen posts from David.
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