Ben Werdmuller
  • About me
  • Let's build together
  • Notable links
Sign in Subscribe
General

How specific content for search engines may be destroying the web - and information

Ben Werdmuller Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller

02 Mar 2006

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114116587424585798-0qH9qUYuUug__vRSFKGvxIEwLGw_20070301.html?mod=blogs

"In fact, search engines are more like a TV camera crew let loose in the middle of a crowd of rowdy fans after a game. Seeing the camera, everyone acts boorishly and jostles to get in front. The act of observing something changes it."

Read more

Federal agents ram a man's vehicle and demand identification at Park Avenue and 35th Street in Minneapolis

Notable links: January 16, 2026

An occupation in Minnesota and finding your way to work that doesn't harm

16 Jan 2026

Remarks on the Federal Government’s Ongoing Presence in Minnesota

“It is a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government." So record it.

15 Jan 2026

The Curiosity Tour

"A way to approach a job hunt that uncovers extraordinary, unlisted opportunities" - using a distilled framework that makes something that might look daunting feel easy.

15 Jan 2026

‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

"Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground."

15 Jan 2026
Ben Werdmuller Ben Werdmuller
Mastodon
Bluesky
Threads

Subscribe to new posts

Ben Werdmuller explores the intersection of technology, democracy, and society. Always independently published, reader-supported, and free to read.