We now have a freeing up of the media system, this way or that way. There are sign of it (re)-closing up, too, already. What a time.
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*Of course* old media are part of this. Just look at this chart. Yes, Trump is a story but also Trump hacked them.pic.twitter.com/9RfAHHz49T
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Trump already has a theory of new media, to counter (ad-spending) an old media. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/706675395811266560 …
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Many signs that $$ will matter more & more to visibility on new media as well. The last decade was a historic aberration. Will it hold?
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Also, here's
@cshirky making similar points: the invasion of the parties by ... people outside the consensus. https://storify.com/cshirky/republican-and-democratic-parties-are-now-host-bod …2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
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I don't have a crystal ball. Nobody does. History says elites re-establish control, but openings like this matter, change world.
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The world may even get better overall, but past such transitions involved global wars we barely survived. No guarantee of surviving another.
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Don't take comfort thinking we managed fine after the industrial revolution. We really barely made it out alive. Seriously, barely.
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Yes, after you make it out alive, modernity & industry brings enormous benefits. But no guarantee from past that we'll successfully repeat.
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Industrial revolution aftermath is not a rosy time to pine for, and besides one example doesn't make for induction. A dangerous interregnum.
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