The Internet Is Disappearing — and You’re Not Supposed to Notice

"When was the last time you clicked from one independent website to another, following a chain of human curiosity rather than an algorithmic suggestion? When was the last time you felt lost online in a good way?"

The Internet Is Disappearing — and You’re Not Supposed to Notice
The social media maze. ©2025 Art of FACELESS


by Lloyd Lewis for Art of FACELESS

The internet isn’t dying in a dramatic blaze. There’s no explosion, no single moment you can point to and say that’s when it ended. It’s disappearing quietly, behind login screens and subscription walls, inside apps that call themselves communities while training you like a laboratory rat.

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