We spend so much time "building" the future of the web—AI, VR, the Metaverse. We treat the past as a junkyard.
You will find a world that isn't trying to sell you anything. It isn't trying to radicalize you. It is just... there. Existing. virgin forest internet archive
I realized recently that we have a digital equivalent of this, and it lives at the . But unlike the physical virgin forests, which are shrinking, the digital virgin forest of the old web is growing—even if it is a ghost forest. We spend so much time "building" the future
Our early internet was messy. It was full of bad takes, broken HTML, and embarrassing fan fiction. But that "rot" is fertile ground. It reminds us that the internet was once a place to be , not just a place to buy . It isn't trying to radicalize you
Save the URL. Save the weird. Save the old growth.