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about the bleating idiocy of American mass media in the era after 9/11 and the run-up to the Iraq War. In it, he offers a thought experiment that has stuck with me. Imagine, he says, being at a party, with the normal give and take of conversation between generally genial, informed people. And then “a guy walks in with a megaphone. He’s not the smar... See more
Chris Hayes • On the Internet, We’re Always Famous
In 1998, the social critic Neil Postman gave an important speech titled “Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change.”
Cal Newport • A World Without Email
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads,” Jeff Hammerbacher, an early Facebook engineer, told me. “That sucks.”
Ashlee Vance • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
this line from Anton Ego's speech in Ratatouille should be required reading for every tech media person https://t.co/rE1RTQATAN
provided my point of reference.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The media has propagated a new definition of what it means to be a good consumer of information. They want you to read high-velocity content from multiple information streams and be constantly plugged into what’s happening. They can sell the most advertisements this way.
