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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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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Hard though to believe that’s our trajectory. Knowledge will always be power. Power is others knowing you know. Human nature.
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Secure scuttlebutt almost implements this. You see messages from 2 hops out. Friends of friends but no further scuttlebutt.nz
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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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Effective, engaging local news operations support and enhance communities in the maintenance of this common knowledge, .








