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faster churning of companies in and out of the S&P 500, the death of news and the newspaper, the failure of established
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
During the 2019-23 period, I have used the words “mistake” or “error” 16 times in my letters to you. Many other huge companies have never used either word over that span.
Warren E. Buffett • Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Annual Report 2024
invasive satellite TV: CNN (founded 1980) and Al Jazeera (1996) broadcast news 24 hours a day. A resident of Cairo, who in the 1980s could only stare dully
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Media on the incumbent web is in crisis. It turns out that paying publishers for clicks, endless loops of “content” and ads, all served on platforms far beyond their maximum-viable scale is ideal for misinformation, disinformation and the decay of trust.