Interesting Things on the Internet: March 9th 2015

• Alternative Innovation—Do we really need startups?. Not just for Belgium, this is a good manifesto for tech everywhere.
• Interview: Bruce Sterling on the Convergence of Humans and Machines. Another interview with Bruce Sterling about the future of technology. Just as good as the one I linked to last week.
• Sixteen Years. It won't get reported in any of the mainstream press, but this is the next stage in the well executed life of the right sort of Internet firm.
• The beige world of clickbait journalism. Alison Gow on the endless froth of brands and media titles chasing clicks. I hope the clicks are worth it for the firms in question, compared to the damage to how I perceive them.
• The Web’s Grain. Interesting thinking about how to approach web design.