Overview Thisc Demo Credits |
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This could be better Larry... In 2015 the multi-billionaire Larry Page published an open letter to the internet euphorically heralding a revised future vision for Alphabet / Google. After outlining numerous ideological benefits the letter ended with Larry asking the entirely rhetorical question: What could be better? The question was answering itself, blindly assuming that indeed NOTHING could be better than Google. But what if we answered Larry's question? What could be better? |
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- Thisc Could Be Better - Thisc is a speculative and collective reimagining of a better internet. |
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If Google's mission statement is to 'organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful' then the Thisc mission statement is to 'organize the world's information better than Google'. The question of 'what could be better' is central to how we imagine, develop, and use technology. Every future speculation, every new product launch, every version upgrade, every hack, is essentially both asking and answering the question 'what could be better?'. |
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One Search Platform, Multiple Search Algorithms.. ** Plural search engine models generated by participants of IAM Weekend 2019 workshop. From a Probable Future, To Preferable Futures.. |
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The weirdness of interdependencies.. |
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The above speculative search query demonstrations were created specifically for the first public presentation of Thisc at IAM Weekend 2020. The theme of the conference was 'The Weirdness of Interdependencies', and so the search queries present exemplifications of how alternative information retrieval models might bring new perspectives to both the notions of 'weirdness' and 'interdependencies' through the lens of alternative time frames, and alternative cultures.
Alternative Temporal Perspectives on Weirdness: Alternative Cultural Perspectives on Interdependencies: |
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- Credits - Designed in plurality for solidarity... Thisc was was conceived and created by Ted Hunt + |
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Thisc is licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International |