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I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message
It seems distant now, but once upon a time the Internet was going to save us from the menace of TV. Since the late fifties, TV has had a special role, both as the country’s dominant medium, in audience and influence, and as a bête noire for a certain strain of American intellectuals, who view it as the root of all evil. In “Amusing Ourselves to Dea... See more
Chris Hayes • On the Internet, We’re Always Famous
But as AI accelerates our ability to (1) generate, (2) manipulate, and (3) distribute information, this weird tension becomes even more pronounced. We're entering an era where the battle between content and context will reshape how all policy is created, communicated, and understood. Digital platforms and AI tools have created an environment where:
Kyla Scanlon • Studio Ghibli AI, Classified Leaks, and the Context Shift
"Oral culture teaches us to think one way, written culture another. Television turned everything into entertainment, and social media taught us to think with the crowd." - Ezra Klein, NYT, I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message
