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[QUOTE="doktorb, post: 18124, member: 811"] Overwatch commentary aside this whole thread was super thought provoking. The part about vision and will reminded me of the theory of the imaginary, the idea that our capacity to imagine what could be is constrained by our experience of what is. Basically like that whole overused quote "it's easier to imagine the end of the world than it is the end of capitalism" social media as a way of being online and experiencing the internet is so entrenched that it is easier for some people to imagine an apocalypse where the whole network has gone offline than a network where Twitter is irrelevant. With that in mind I guess the only way to shift things is for the people who have the capacity to imagine a different internet to create counter examples and then use social media to popularise them in the hope that it will expand the boundaries of possibility and helping to expand people's imaginations. The point about making a website and it being a ghost town is an interesting one. I guess one thing that we need to start collectively imagining is a version of the internet where we do things for reasons other than exposure and attention. Where it is ok to be working on a pet project that we built for personal pleasure that might not get a lot of visits. In such a world social hubs like this one and word of mouth could help interest in projects build up sustainably and organically. I dunno... I guess what I am saying is that I think change happens by making an alternative visible one step at a time because the pace that this change happens at is as important as the change itself. And even though it won't change everyone's minds it will hopefully help nurture a new space where these ideas become a viable alternative for those who are interested in getting involved and imagining things differently. [/QUOTE]
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