Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

accused their vanishing

change. Overload speaks to our dazed mental reaction. Then there are the trivially obvious flood

Commercial applications for email were developed in the late 1980s. The first server on the World Wide Web was switched on during Christmas of 1990. The MP3—destroyer of the music industry—arrived in 1993. Blogs appeared in 1997, and Blogger, the first free blogging software, became available in 1999. Wikipedia began its remarkable evolution in 200

cut both ways.

process of accreditation, usually entailing many years of higher education. Persons in authority have had to jump through hoops of fire to achieve their lofty posts—and feel disinclined to pay attention to anyone who has not done the same. Lasting authority, however, resides in institutions rather than in the persons who act and speak on their beha

the new millennium it became apparent to anyone with eyes to

sources in any but the

under conditions of scarcity. They become authoritative. A century ago, a scholar wishing to study the topics

1990. The MP3—destroyer of the music industry—arrived in 1993. Blogs appeared in 1997, and Blogger, the first