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Hypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtis
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In a speech delivered years ago, Ev Williams used agriculture as a metaphor to understand what’s possible on the Internet.
Agriculture was a tremendous invention – it got people fed and freed them to do many things. But agriculture – taken to the extreme in the pursuit of profit leads to a sick and obese population and industrialized farms with lit... See more
Agriculture was a tremendous invention – it got people fed and freed them to do many things. But agriculture – taken to the extreme in the pursuit of profit leads to a sick and obese population and industrialized farms with lit... See more
Sari Azout • Notes on Scale + Quality
Devin and Alice were frustrated that crypto was insular, complex, and intimidating. Crypto had bled into finance, art, and gaming, but crypto hadn’t truly come to disrupt media or culture, and it certainly wasn’t yet mainstream. They set out to change that.
Rex Woodbury • Mad Realities and the Rise of User-Owned Content
Cramer, like most television and many print reporters, gives an uncritical forum to the powerful. At the same time, they pretend they have vetted and investigated the claims made by those in power. They play the role on television of journalists. It is a dirty quid pro quo. The media get access to the elite as long as the media faithfully report wh
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Even Hillary’s daughter, Chelsea, expressed worry in the emails and called for an independent audit. The audit concluded some donors believed they were giving money to the Clinton Foundation for a “quid pro quo”—in return for some favor or action. They reveal Clinton’s own campaign officials think she exercises poor judgment and surrounds herself w
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
It is alleged that social media fuels polarization, exploits human weaknesses and insecurities, and creates echo chambers where everyone gets their own slice of reality, eroding the public sphere and the understanding of common facts. And, worse still, this is all done intentionally in a relentless pursuit of profit.
Nick Clegg • You and the Algorithm: It Takes Two to Tango | by Nick Clegg | Mar, 2021 | Medium
Richard Powers won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
He's one of the best novelists alive today. This interview is a detailed look at his writing process, inspired by the class he used to teach at Stanford — and he's never done an interview quite like this.
Here are 17 lessons:
1. When you're sure what you're looking at, look harder.
2. There are... See more
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