ISSUE #006
Introducing Internet 2025
Join us as we lead our members through six weeks of live events, podcasts, written perspectives, and expert interviews dedicated to defining the risks, opportunities, and requirements of the next internet.
SPECIAL REPORT
The future Internet is being written, and it’s going to be weird, wild and most likely, even more batshit crazy than its predecessor. If you want to understand how to successfully ride the next wave, join us for a breakdown of everything we have learned, and the incredible perspectives shared by over one hundred leading experts in tech and business.
NEW FEATURES, FORMATS, AND FRAMEWORKS
Ugly, Expensive, and Transformational?
Spatial is going to change entertainment and work.
Dan Gardner
Co-founder, ON_Discourse; Founder, Executive Chairman, Code and Theory
02•16•24
Four Things Spatial Needs to Become Legitimate The potential for spatial is great but its success depends on some outside deals
Overheard at ON_Discourse
02•20•24
A NEW ECONOMIC MODEL
Hear me out: RSS Feeds
An insider perspective about how old tech can be really valuable for media in the next web.
RSS Feeds Are the Solution to Really Bad Search and Social Trends The future of media comes from the past
Overheard at ON_Discourse
05•07•24
You are Wrong, Saneel AI will democratize innovation which means we will see it come from smaller companies and creators
Overheard at ON_Discourse
05•06•24
A NEW ECONOMIC MODEL
Do not expect the next tech innovation to come out of a garage. The next internet is for the platforms
Saneel Radia
CEO/CIO, Proto
04•01•24
A NEW ECONOMIC MODEL
Who should run online communities?
Platforms, media, or maybe something else? We capture a debate…
MEDIA
In 2025, Media Needs to Take Community Back From The Platforms The biggest content creators can create the most valuable online communities
Anthony DeRosa
05•02•24
SOMEBODY ELSE
Media can’t handle Community Your argument sounds right but doesn't hold up
Overheard at ON_Discourse
05•06•24
A NEW ECONOMIC MODEL
Are brands too weird for the next internet?
The magical mystery of brand value might be a bridge too far for AI to understand.
AI Logic vs. Brand Magic The future of brand value is going to live in an LLM
James Cooper
05•01•24
NEW FEATURES, FORMATS, AND FRAMEWORKS
Are websites necessary anymore?
Beware of the AI hype cycle - it can generate some bad takes.
Are Websites Over? News of the demise of websites is greatly exaggerated
Overheard at ON_Discourse
04•29•24
NEW FEATURES, FORMATS, AND FRAMEWORKS
Toby converts a room full of Neuralink skeptics.
Deep down in your hearts you know he's right
There's No Way I'm Getting a Neuralink, Unless... Scenes from a Nashville dinner
Toby Daniels
04•26•24
VIRTUAL EVENT
Thursday, April 25, 12 – 1pm ET
Our speakers Orchid Bertelsen (COO, Common Thread Collective), Kirk McDonald (Former CEO, GroupM), and Jeff Ragovin (CEO, Semasio) are industry leaders who will explore the evolving world of advertising and its implications for hyper-personalized experiences and AI service agents.
A WEB OF TRUST
Chief trust officer?
An open call for a new c-suite role in 2025
Help Wanted: Chief Trust Officer Must reassure skeptical Gen Z consumers in the next internet
Overheard at ON_Discourse
04•24•24
A NEW ECONOMIC MODEL
Commercials for AI agents?
If you think that makes no sense, you are in perfect alignment with the ad executive who relayed this at an event.
AI Agents Don't Care About Ads Ads won’t matter in the AI era
Overheard at ON_Discourse
04•23•24
NEW FEATURES, FORMATS, AND FRAMEWORKS
Will AI turn into emotional companions?
YES
AI Boyfriends Are Definitely Happening Companionship is going to be a huge service model in 2025
Orchid Bertelsen
04•22•24
THE VIEW FROM THE LEDGE
AI is going to be big, but is it big enough to clean up the problems of today's internet? We found someone that doesn't think so.
AI Isn't Coming to Save You Tomorrow’s software isn’t the savior to the yesterday’s internet
Anthony DeRosa
04•18•24
EVENT
Wednesday, April 17, 7:30pm – 10:00pm CT
Frankies Spuntino, Nashville
On April 17 and as part of our Living Issue 'Internet 2025', ON_Discourse brought together members, leading entrepreneurs, founders, senior business leaders and investors in Nashville for a private dinner to explore the challenges and opportunities we face as we enter the next era of the Internet.
A NEW ECONOMIC MODEL
New Hardware is going to turn competitors into collaborators. Innovation is happening too fast for the platforms. You will see more connected experiences in the next web.
The Next Internet Will be Built on a Shared Technology Stack Hardware will drive a new type of connectivity
Michael Olaye
04•15•24
EVENT
Wednesday, April 3, 12:00pm – 2:00pm ET
On April 3, and as part of our Living Issue 'Internet 2025', we hosted ON_Discourse members and special guest Kyle Chayka, author of Filterworld and staff writer at the New Yorker, to as the question: How can we ensure that algorithms don’t stifle artistic exploration and diverse cultural experiences?
A NEW ECONOMIC MODEL
Media can thrive in the new web with superformats. This idea came to us from a media executive who is trying to build a new media model for the next internet.
Superformats Will Save Media in the New Internet Throw away the conventions and just deliver the goods.
Overheard at ON_Discourse
03•29•24
NEW FEATURES, FORMATS, AND FRAMEWORKS
The Overton Screen?
2025 is going to redefine the primary conventions about how the we access, interface, consume, and connect on the internet. The process is already starting…
Presence is the Next Frontier in Connectivity The next internet is going to know who is turning the TV on, every time
Overheard at ON_Discourse
03•29•24
From UX to HX UX design needs to be replaced by something way more organic
Craig Elimeliah
ON_CES
THE VIEW FROM THE LEDGE
We asked everyone we met if we are on the verge of a major change in the internet.
As you can see, everyone is a Nostradamus about the next web.
The New Internet Will Look Very Familiar It’s not always about reinvention
Overheard at ON_Discourse
03•27•24
Toby Daniels
Founder, ON_Discourse, former Chief Innovation Officer, Adweek, Founder and Chair, Social Media Week
03•24•24
Thursday, March 28, 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET
On March 28, and as part of our Living Issue 'Internet 2025', we brought together our members and guest speakers for a live taping of the ON_Discourse podcast, featuring Tiffany Xingyu Wang, CMO, OpenWeb for a debate on how we as leaders in business and tech can build a healthy and trusted Internet for the future.
THE VIEW FROM THE LEDGE
As we say goodbye to the conventional web, here is a list of things our members want to kill
