Academics don't think Internet will ruin everything. That usually comes from people making the viral thing du jour. Academics tend to know actual history. As for the first versus popularizer—you're judging different games by the same standard. Different incentives.
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Replying to @zeynep @antoniogm
The most ahistorical accounts I've encountered come from people in technology; either in the what-could-go-wrong wild-eyed

phase or the who-knew! it's-terrible! "turmoil in Facebook" deer-in-headlights phase. Nobody who knows history is that naive on either side of the wave.0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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Academics aren't in the business of venturing, though. And their historical lens can get them to downplay the new because, well, nothing is unprecedented. And on "turmoil": agree hence the quotes. It's not turmoil despite the press. They've little incentive to change drastically.
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