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Geert Lovink: Extinction Internet (EBook, Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam) 4 stars

Extinction Internet is not merely an end-of-the-world phantasy of digital technology that one day will …

"what’s really at stake here is a collapse of the collective imagination of a technology (i.e., the internet) that is playing such a pivotal role in the everyday life of billions, one that nonetheless can be shaped, steered, designed, bent towards unofficial purposes. The closing of the possibility of change has been going on for a decade or more, replaced by smooth user interfaces and cat videos."