I know computer-generated nonsense is everywhere these days and it's understandable that the sudden bullshit-flood is a bit scary.

But before assuming that this technological grift is somehow going to jeopardize the preservation and continuation of human knowledge, take a deep breath, and remember: humans accumulated and passed on a lot of knowledge for 100,000 years before computers even got invented.

If you're worried about how we might cope, I highly recommend spending some time getting familiar with how thousands of Indigenous cultures from across the planet and across history pass along what they learn and know.

The contemporary, common, "western" (aka white) notion of how to learn and teach - especially across generations - is as unusual (historically speaking) as it is limited and flawed.

Internet search sucks now.

Making a classic "search engine" requires obscene amounts of money and resources, so creating direct competition is not a realistic option.

But what if we had a way to each take our own personal bookmarks and link collections, and share them, using a federated protocol?

My fifty sites, your sixty-five links, some friends and their contributions... All hand-selected and vetted, manually tagged and organized by real people... Hosted on small, volunteer-run servers...

What if web search results were organized not by "how many ad dollars did this site generate for the search company" but rather something like "someone you know directly tagged this site, and someone twice-removed tagged this other site so it's lower priority"?

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