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Taken together, these 3 posts are probably the best 101 intro you can get to the state of the information world from a realist/pragmatist perspective, validated by actual involvement
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It's a good read, and a clear eyed assessment. The one hang-up I have (and this goes for almost all discussion around the topic) is that it doesn't place a value on the evolution of individuals' behavior within digital platforms, it treats the crowd like a static entity.
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"The fact that infrastructure and network hacking is time-consuming, costly, and perceived as unambiguously hostile, however, means that a detente has evolved on that front, and pushed active conflict to the social layer." cogent read.
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