This is one of your wisest observations yet
Imagine a world where news could *only* flow via private 1:1 gossip links. No common knowledge, no public record for groups >2. You could never be sure that if you heard X, that another person also knew X unless you told them or they told you. I think we’re headed that way.
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did you see that article? did you get my email? have you watched it yet?
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A great convoluted game of broken telephone
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All of human history until... what, 1650?
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Not quite. Villages were coherent communities with common knowledge broadcast bubbles (churches and town criers in Europe). Now little of significance, relatively speaking, happens at village-CK level.
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You can't ever be sure that someone knows X unless they tell you directly. Depending on definitions, you can't be sure they "know" X even if you tell them. May sound nitpicky, but really don't understand what you mean. "no public record for groups >2" Is technology enabling this?
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This is why we are all well versed in web-of-trust style public key signing, right?
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Effective, engaging local news operations support and enhance communities in the maintenance of this common knowledge,
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Agreed. A greater ratio of information will come from 1:1, less from small groups, and smallest from broader feeds. Should be proportional to personal relevance of the information, but there is use in all levels. Reality is that little is necessary relevant to the whole network.
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