Faerdom

The name Faerdom combines two meanings: the faerie kingdom of folklore and the fair kingdom the early internet promised to be.

In the 1990s, many internet users imagined the World Wide Web as one free and borderless landscape. It would be a democratic paradise where sharing information would bring the world together.

But in many corners of the internet, unity is hard to find. Information is not always what it seems. Our data and attention are bought and sold.

‘Luddite’ is a word for someone who dislikes technology. The Luddites were 19th-century textile workers who destroyed new machinery. They weren’t against innovation, but they were against the poor wages and working conditions that came with it.

Is questioning technology really the same as being against progress? Could we decide together how new inventions are used and who benefits from them?