The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet | by Yancey Strickler | OneZero

Why the dark forests of the internet — podcasts, newsletters, and other private channels — are growing, and why might that pose a problem

Member-only story The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet This is also what the internet is becoming: a dark forest Yancey Strickler · Follow Published in OneZero · 6 min read · May 20, 2019 -- 85 Share Photo by Rosie Fraser on Unsplash In his sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem , author Liu Cixin presents the dark forest theory of the universe. When we look out into space, the theory goes, we’re struck by its silence. It seems like we’re the only ones here. After all, if other forms of life existed, wouldn’t they show themselves? Since they haven’t, we assume there’s no one else out there. L

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