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Eli Pariser • 🏘️ 🌐 Your town’s online group matters more than you think
According to Putnam, the more we prioritize our private bubbles over public life, the more we disconnect from our local surroundings. This has weakened American democracy. Fewer people are engaged in politics, and those who do are often at the political poles. With less social capital, our neighborhoods are connected by fewer informal, reciprocal t... See more
In the two centuries that followed the death of Tamerlane, Eurasia remained divided between the three civilized worlds we have explored so far, and a number of others, Buddhist and Hindu, that we have passed over in silence. There was little to show that their cultural differences were narrowing. If anything, the energetic state-building that was t
... See moreJohn Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Democracy, Journalism, and Monopoly: How to Fund Independent News Media in the 21st Century
Analyzes America's media crisis caused by digital monopolies, detailing historic government regulation supporting free speech and advertising-funded journalism, and proposes updated competition policies to restore independent, democratic news markets.
static1.squarespace.comOn Europe’s Inner Asian frontier, demographic expansion long seemed as hobbled as it was in mainland North America until the 1750s.