The New Internet

AI is moving fast. Faster than most of us expected. And as it floods the internet with synthetic content (generated articles, fake images, automated voices) something interesting is starting to happen. People are moving back to owned spaces. Personal websites. Private communities. Direct relationships.

I'm making a bet that this is the new internet.

Not just for creators. For anyone whose work, career, or livelihood lives online. As AI displaces jobs and reshapes industries, more people will build portfolio careers; earning from multiple streams, owning their audience, deciding for themselves what AI gets to access and what it doesn't.

This page is where I'm exploring that thesis out loud. Essays, conversations, working sessions, ideas, and products; some still being built — all exploring what it looks like to own your place on the internet before AI makes that decision for you.

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Essays

The ideas, in writing

Why Personal Websites Are Replacing Social Media by Angela Benton

The 30-Year Pattern & Why Web 1.0 is Coming Back

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How History Gets Rewritten Without Anyone Noticing by Angela Benton

Why Don Lemon's Arrest Matters More Than You Think

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We Didn't Ask For This Internet by Angela Benton

What a post-social media internet looks like...

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Video Essays

The ideas, expanded


In The World

The idea, in motion


Studio Sessions

The ideas, in practice

Think Tanks

The ideas, in dialogue

Think Tank 001: Arlesha Amazan

What can creators learn from the way athletes build personal institutions? An intimate salon in conversation with Arlesha Amazan.


Working Sessions

The ideas, implemented

How to Let AI Know You
(Without Letting It Steal Your Work)

Learn to implement tiered AI access control on your website: AI can reference your bio and credentials, but can't train on your creative content without permission.

In The Lab

The ideas being built

Status: Incubating

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3 Concepts currently being incubated around this idea


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