https://fixthenews.com/p/341-freedom-pancreatic-cancer-alligator
"Centuries before social media, people were wrestling with misinformation,
censorship, information overload and technological disruption. In this first
episode of our new podcast,
A Short History of Saving the World, join
Fix
The News founder Angus Hervey and historian Ada Palmer, as they trace the long
arc of information revolutions to find out what history can teach us about
navigating today’s digital age.
From Machiavelli and the printing press, to modern media platforms, algorithms
and echo chambers, each new leap in technology reveals the same pattern
running through history's biggest disruptions. The world doesn't break under
the pressure of new ideas and communication highways, it adapts, and that may
be one of the most important clues the past has to offer us today.
In this episode:
• Is fake news really new?
• What happens when information suddenly becomes available to everyone?
• Why do new technologies amplify both progress and extremism?
• Are social media and the internet following a familiar historical pattern?
• And what on Earth does cantaloupe have to do with democracy?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
