I get why the Russia angle gets so much attention, but it is but a mosquito buzzing over big fault lines in US politics and public sphere.pic.twitter.com/W9FM8GdU9R
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I get why the Russia angle gets so much attention, but it is but a mosquito buzzing over big fault lines in US politics and public sphere.pic.twitter.com/W9FM8GdU9R
Depends—if you mean hacking infrastructure. GA voting machines are Windows 2000 (ancient!) with no verified trail...https://twitter.com/UltraCougar/status/912391782620631041 …
Also, FWIW, that Slate headline is not mine, and not my point.
Russia is bit of a distraction, as I make clear in the interview.
Headlines—optimized for clickbait, sensationalism and yep, social media virality—are part of what ails the networked public sphere. <sigh>
The Russians also used pencils instead of million dollar pens in space because it was cheaper and worked. Maybe amateur but it was effective
Tw: pedantry. pencils were a bad idea because of the risk of graphite chips getting sucked into cooling vents so ussr switched 2 pen
Trump’s supporters are not super sophisticated either, so it was good enough.
If a article appears on FB saying "Clinton caught running underground pedophilia ring" & people are stupid enough to believe it&share it....
Then our problems are way bigger than fake news. In fact it may be a sad sign that its time to give up on democracy.
its a few clicks a stolen credit card number and nothing more to alter reality. "the irresponsibility machine" poor uncle ben.
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