The Society for Nontrivial Pursuits has won the open call for next year's Kontinuum generative sound stream: ctm kontinuum

We will invite people worldwide to give voice to what they expect, hope, or fear for the future. Both radio and internet began as projects for two-way communication – hopes were high that everyone would be given a voice. The radio quickly became a one-way mass medium that played a central role in 20th century dictators grabbing power, while the internet has drifted toward hyper-monetization, citizen surveillance, and extremism. The attention economy embodied in the rating mechanisms of most social media favors loudness and conspiracy theories, creating filter bubbles and digital tribes, while a multitude of less provocative individual voices tends to get lost in this flood... (continued on following page)