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Michael Wolff • The Web is Dead. Long Live the Internet
aspect, and seemed
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The revolt of the public, as I envision the thing, is a technology-driven churning of new people and classes, a proliferation and confusion of message and noise, utopian hopes and nihilistic rage, globalization and disintegration, taking place in the unbearable personal proximity of the web and at a fatal distance from political power. Every struct
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Wolfe had been an influential advocate in the 1970s
Michiko Kakutani • The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
Ayn Rand, also admired by Trump
Michiko Kakutani • The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
As a result, the news and information ecosystem that is so important to a functioning democracy and civil society has suffered a double whammy. First, as we have seen, the social media platforms’ recommendation engines have promoted misinformation and disinformation. Second, we have now seen how programmatic advertising has provided financial suppo
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Jessica Lessin • Larry Summers on Trump’s ‘Tragic Precedent,’ TikTok and Regulation
of the New Journalism (which put a new emphasis on the voice and point of view of the reporter),