How the internet adapts to the pressures of the climate crisis will change daily life as we know it, from high-speed trading to shit-posting, from email to aircraft control. It’s an open question whether the internet of the future will be as reliable as it is today. In fact, it’s likely that internet access will be among the many scarce resources that future generations will fight over, and that this unequal distribution could create two different internets: one for the poor and another for the rich.
An article from the New Republic, particularly interesting for highlighting the underlying funding models of many current websites (primarily advertising), and the ecological damage this produces. The article also features Kris de Decker of Low-Tech Magazine.