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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Until well into the seventeenth century, the Ottoman sultans balanced their dependence on the political and military service of the Turkish aristocracy by recruiting a slave army of Muslim converts (perhaps seven or eight thousand a year) separated in childhood from their Christian parents. Devshirme recruitment obliterated the ties of kinship and
... See moreJohn Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Rather than hold on to technostalgia for a time when it wasn’t this bad, sometimes it is worth asking what it would take to uninvent social media, so that we can chart a course for the web we want—a web that promotes democracy, knowledge, care, and equity. Otherwise, every unexplained decision by tech companies about access to information potential... See more
Joan Donovan • Why social media can’t keep moderating content in the shadows
curation, for a really long time, has been top-down. The idea of a very small pool of people deciding a lot of what people consume is never really a good idea. Injecting the voice of the people, and allowing for individuals who maybe would be talented curators on their own, to have the opportunity to pull new artists that we never would have otherw... See more
Refraction • Curatorial Governance: An Interview with Tony Lashley
the web, of course) a study conducted by some very clever researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.