Source: Washington Post
by Megan McArdle
“The 21st century is already 25 years old. Yet this is this year that we seem to have reached the cusp of a new millennium, because technology has now brought us to a moment of great uncertainty. … The digital world has already wreaked havoc on a number of venerable institutions that once shaped American life: News media, academia, Hollywood and the political parties have lost influence to podcasters and video streamers — and with it the power to shape a semi-coherent political and cultural consensus. What sort of consensus can emerge from the chaotic influencer economy? AI, for its part, seems to be on course toward economic and cultural disruption on par with the industrial revolution.” (01/03/25)