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Jacob McHangama: Future generations will marvel at the new perspectives, voices, and knowledge that have come to light in the digital era and simply weren’t possible (or deemed desirable) in the age of analog. Where does all this leave expertise? Expertise remains crucial to knowledge production, but it must reflect genuine excellence in a given... See more
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
In 2021, when the archive celebrated its 25th anniversary, Mr. Kahle talked about the fate of the internet in an era of megacorporations: “Will this be our medium or will it be theirs? Will it be for a small controlling set of organizations or will it be a common good, a public resource?
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in the age of algorithms, a question to ponder (h/t yancey strickler)
once the algorithms know you, how do you break those things? Let's say you go down the rabbit hole. How the fuck do you get out? How do you get out and reorient yourself as a different type of person? That's a very real question for me lately. I feel... See more
On identity and privacy
% Derisible • Theses for 2020
we are “amusing ourselves to death” (Postman, 1986). Or, in the words of another critic, we are living in a “filter bubble” (Pariser, 2011) in that the personalized algorithms that Google, Amazon, Facebook, and others use to feed us online information trap us in a world where we are never subject to new ideas or people that diverge from those we
... See moreJoseph Straubhaar • Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology
Nadia Eghbal: It’s not just the discovery of knowledge (i.e., learning new things) that’s easier now, but also the validation (where your peers, rather than an accredited institution, decide whether your insights are worth discussing) and distribution of knowledge. Sharing new ideas previously required working with centralized gatekeepers, like a... See more
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
The overall digital environment is dictated by tech companies with ruthlessly capitalist, expansionary motives, which do not provide the most fertile ground for culture. While the magazine fashion editor may periodically use their ability to pick out and promote a previously unheard voice, the algorithmic feed never will; it can only iterate on
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