Other Internet 2018-2024

The 2010s were an exciting and contentious period in technology and culture. Amidst backlash against the growing power of big tech platforms, cryptocurrency technologies saw rapid adoption and blockchains became a serious object of study in art and academia. As a response to big tech, both mainstream pundits and technologists sought alternative narratives that can be read in this anthology of essays.

Research collective Other Internet recognized the significance of these events, and became both a leading participant and a keen observer of crypto’s institutionally disruptive technology scene, generating a body of work and ideas that have permeated contemporary discourse. Fueled by its members’ individual careers in and around the cryptocurrency sector, the collective became one of the most popular and influential digital publications of its time.