Biodiversity and Web Futures
summary
Early web habitats host small odd projects like hamster GIF pages and exhaustive Tokyo toilet blogs while big platforms concentrate funding in a few places and siphon traffic and data. Generative AI now spews millions of low‑value pages and site builders output autogenerated junk sites that produce accessibility failures (screen readers hit unlabeled circular content). Examples include quirky preserved 1996 promo pages and current clones; proposed counters mention open alternatives like grains, policy tools, and education, with mixed adoption so far.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and languages
- 3:07Early web weirdness and magic
- 8:46Modern web homogeneity
- 11:44Concentration of power and AI
- 16:05Generative AI and forgetfulness
- 21:01Solutions and alternatives
- 25:52Hope as a tool for change
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