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clever people sought to measure, in data bits, the amount of information produced in
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
While Mr. Goldhaber said he wanted to remain hopeful, he was deeply concerned about whether the attention economy and a healthy democracy can coexist. Nuanced policy discussions, he said, will almost certainly get simplified into “meaningless slogans” in order to travel farther online, and politicians will continue to stake out more extreme positio... See more
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number of new sources,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
and against approaches
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Social media algorithms identify our politics and then shepherd us into a hermetically sealed bubble, framing our worldview through a window of rage and extremism.
Scott Galloway • No Mercy / No Malice
technical sophistication,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
advance of progress, and placed in doubt the naïve faith, which I originally shared, that data and knowledge were identical. Even then, the problem was framed by
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
In contrast to the book, the Internet incentivized a reliance on skimming, multi-tasking, superficial thinking, and short-term memory rather than deeper understanding.