The tide has shifted and people don’t trust authority like they used to. The same institutions that once commanded so much American praise have lost their edge and versatility. They look less like a Swiss army knife and more like your grandma’s dull, rusty, 19th-century butter knife. They’re slow and stodgy, bloated and inefficient.

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I think it’s forking, and I don’t think it’s going to be completely subsumed by online. Because I think the one thing we need to look at pretty closely is: For a long time, being “more online” was higher status, and it is now flipped, where the highest-status thing you could do is not be on social media at all. You know, you have your assistant who

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Ryan Hawk: As you read more, become more knowledgeable, and interview more people, you become more reasonable. You live more in the mess — more in the gray and less in the black-and-white, you know

The Wall Street Journal asked that question in April, and one student responded with this zinger: “Would you pay $75,000 for front-row seats to a Beyoncé concert and be satisfied with a livestream instead?” Another compared higher education to premium cable—an annoyingly expensive bundle with more options than most people need. “Give me the basic p... See more

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And in the 21st century, “local” doesn’t necessarily have to mean “geographically proximate”. It can also refer to virtual spaces with internet friends who share your interests and passions, but live halfway across the globe. We’ll probably see more of this “digital localism” as Facebook and Google shift their focus to private communications.