being very opinionated about macro-historical processes, analogies often made to present circumstances pain me, so I wanted to make my own
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in particular I'm pained by comparisons to the reformation or the printing press that lack an understanding of the grand sweep of history
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planning on writing another in a similar style about the economic side, work arrangements and trade networks and such
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it drives me nuts when pundits compare this or that thing to serfdom because they never understand what is the *purpose* of serfdom
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and there are a wealth of better historical analogies passed over due simply to small reference pools on the part of the commenteriat
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>Like the Oracle of Delphi, the author is both clairvoyant and possibly under the influence of hallucinogens that i'd like to try powerful endorsement
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journalism trajectory instructive! amoral, mercenary society-shaping institutions emerge over time, ingroupers stop and look around
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fashion noble purpose, rules of conduct etc ("tech solidarity" thing kinda like this, think they're pushing unions, really professional org trojan horse)
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group ethos take on life of its own, negative responsibility (be less blase/careless about side-effects of industry) turns positive (steward society, shape in own image)
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I can't help but be smug whenever I see these arguments about how the tech industry is shirking its duty to behave more prosocially
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Really want to read about the period where the 3 big news agencies were established in Europe. Sounds like a fun read.
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had to cut, this was originally 13k wordshttps://twitter.com/alicemazzy/status/929809469382459393 …
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This is good and you are good. I like that it's mostly historical information, as opposed to the common 2-lines of analogy, 4 pages of freakout.
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Incredible work, thank you.
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Pulitzer's essay reminds me of Charles Foster Kane's "Declaration of Principles."
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Ross Douthat et al have noticed something: if you look at the broader urban tertiary degree community many members live much more conservative personal lives than you'd expect.
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Conservatives call it hypocrisy, won't eat your own cooking. Maybe it's possible this "elite" faces burdens or incentives to conform to high moral standards, either intentional or unintentionally as if it were a real priestly class.
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