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Monthly Archives: January 2021
The Real ‘Social Dilemma’? It’s Our Clueless Elites.
Martin Gurri writes: What are we to make of the feature length documentary, The Social Dilemma? I would start with the fact that it’s immune to contradiction. You have to go to Netflix, a digital streaming service, to get lectured … Continue reading
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Slouching Toward Post-Journalism
Martin Gurri writes: Traditional newspapers never sold news; they sold an audience to advertisers. To a considerable degree, this commercial imperative determined the journalistic style, with its impersonal voice and pretense of objectivity. The aim was to herd the audience … Continue reading
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A Vast Web Of Vengeance (1-30-21)
00:00 Babs joins 05:00 Luke’s acting debut in 1995’s Apricot Sky, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpsl34lzjPs 35:00 The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136761 1:15:00 Social media bullying, https://www.the-sun.com/news/437945/quaden-bayles-mums-fury-as-sick-trolls-make-fake-social-media-accounts-for-bullied-boy-9-falsely-claiming-hes-a-man/ 1:27:20 Angelo John Gage … Continue reading
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Elites, Plebs & Gamestop (1-29-21)
00:00 The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136761 10:00 Fireside chat with Martin Gurri, author of “The Revolt of The Public” 23:00 How Will the GameStop Game Stop?, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-28/knowing-when-to-sell-gamestop-stock-at-the-top-is-impossible?sref=KAl0RdxD 30:00 Babs joins … Continue reading
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The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Martin Gurri wrote in 2014: * Can there be a connection between online universities and the serial insurgencies which, in media noise and human blood, have rocked the Arab Middle East? I contend that there is. And the list of … Continue reading
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