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Understanding and identifying retconning is a critical capacity for media literacy & the ability to navigate the excessive propaganda (corporate & governmental) we receive from large institutions.
Changing the interpretation of the past is critical to controlling the future.
1/ Understanding and identifying retconning is a critical capacity for media literacy & the ability to navigate the excessive propaganda (corporate & governmental) we receive from large institutions. Changing the interpretation of the past is critical to controlling the future.
History books are ink on paper. They are linear narratives with beginning and ends. They are stories created from archival documents and from other books. Network culture, not really into that. Network culture differs from literary culture in a great many ways. And step one is that the operating system is an unquestioned given. The first thing you ... See more
Bruce Sterling • Atemporality for the Creative Artist
Finding ways to carry out large-scale content literacy campaigns without relying on the content industry, however, will prove virtually impossible. Ironically, content producers and providers will likely need to be part of any widespread effort to help the general public understand the effects of their industry.