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4/ The analogy to politics is nearly perfect. Clinton, Bush (Rove), Obama all used digital tech, but were "hybrid" presidents.
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5/ Trump is first true digital-native president, first to fully adopt and win by fully embodying the "message of the medium" of the "cyber"
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6/ Everything fits. Including the Melania pics, his attacks on Cruz's wife, allegations of behavior in Miss Universe etc.
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7/ I personally think the golden-shower stuff is entirely fake, but the pussy-grab episode is why it fits the Trump narrative
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8/ So if Trump is the Porn President, being an early adopter of digital politics, it feels right that Social Network President should follow
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9/ Metaphor bleeds into reality in a messy way here. FB and Twitter as the primary conduits of "fake news" that helped shape the result
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11/ I have an evolved view now. The problem of fake news and trolls is not actually solvable at the level of the media. It's the wrong locus
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12/ Trump played old AND new media equally because the old media abdicated responsibilities out of financial desperation of clickbait era.
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13/ But new media didn't so much abdicate responsibilities (and they had no financial pressure) as encounter technological limits
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15/ Look around. Who has experience dealing with such massive category-refactoring social dynamics at the scale of billions of humans?
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16/ There is literally only 1 person in US right now who qualifies: Zuckerberg. Other candidates haven't dealt with the scale/complexity
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Digi-poli, like the fluid transferable vote pirate stuff? "I hereby designate venkat to vote on my behalf in the following categories?"
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