Is there a sane way to use the internet?

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The world right now, seems tilted towards the good enough. The AI-written wedding toast, the half-assed attempt. Despite this, a handmade noodle shop is trying to make perfect noodles. Trying so hard that they have signs admonishing their customers to ONLY EAT THEIR SPICY NOODLES ...  Show more

On the Internet, it's easy to find like-minded people and to frequent sites where you agree with the content. And algorithms are serving up more personalized search content. Are we running the risk of getting trapped in information bubbles? A panel of experts debates for Intellig ...  Show more

So much of modern lives are lived online, but how do we bring order and boundary to our messy internet presences? This week Noah and Raj welcome Alysa Hutnik, a privacy attorney from Washington D.C., to talk about how to use the internet with intention, which cookies we shouldn't ...  Show more

What is the internet doing to us? The Times tech columnist Kevin Roose discovers what happens when our lives move online. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/ac ...  Show more

In this classic episode, our friends at TechStuff join us for a closer look at the tricky business of staying anonymous on the internet, as well as the facts about the NSA's surveillance program.