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The end of the internet's golden age
Google's overhaul of the search bar this week washes away one of the last vestiges of the internet's halcyon era — when search tools felt empowering, social media and swiping were novel, and popular disillusionment had yet to set in. Why it matters: The AI era and the Tik Tok-ification of social me...
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What happenedThe end of the internet's golden age.
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Right / center-rightRoss Douthat on what AI money should learn from the golden age of philanthropy
Google's overhaul of the search bar this week washes away one of the last vestiges of the internet's halcyon era — when search tools felt empowering, social media and swiping were novel, an...
Ross Douthat on what AI money should learn from the golden age of philanthropy
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This was a great failure of the most recent philanthropic era. At its best, the infrastructure established by figures like Gates delivered effective efforts to reduce poverty and fight dise...
