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So long as information processing power continues to increase, returns to authentic public communication will continue to rise as returns to prestige affiliations continue to decrease. Yet the firms that are capitalizing on the facilitation of defection—Substack, Patreon, etc.—sell a basket of features, not least of which is a kind of ersatz presti... See more

Justin Murphy • Urbit and the Telos of the Creator Economy

By piloting programs, like the legal-defense fund, that “re-create some of the value provided by newsrooms,” as McKenzie put it, Substack has made itself difficult to categorize: it’s a software company with the trappings of a digital-media concern.

Anna Wiene • Is Substack the Media Future We Want?

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But if the facts were elusive, the digital world had transmitted half-truths and lies at a speed and scale that would have been unimaginable even a decade earlier. The patient work of journalists to take time to discover what actually happened was buried in the avalanche of rumour – and then invisible except to the relatively tiny minority who stil

Alan Rusbridger • Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now

Researcher Simon DeDeo on the three eras of information history:

The premodern/archaic era, when most information was generated by non-human phenomena like seasons, weather, drought, flood, hail, lightning. “The gods”.
The modern/postmodern era, when most information was broadcast by a small number of information “sellers”, and consumed by a large

The internet is already over

Sam Kriss samkriss.substack.com

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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

According to Gurri, modern information technology enables the public, composed of amateurs, to break the power hierarchies of the industrial age. As the floodgates of information open, the public, organized on social media networks, is clashing with hierarchical, Industrial-era governments and institutions.

David Perell • What the Hell Is Going On?

the past is prologue -- internet

Alex Dobrenko • 4 cards