Source: hypertext
by Colin Mortimer
“Martin Gurri’s Revolt of the Public neatly delivers a thesis that many in politics and policy have long observed. In short, since the dawn of the digital age, the public, armed with devices of mass communication and the internet, has acquired unprecedented power to disrupt the political process. The failures of government and our elected officials are on display more starkly. When everyone has the ability to be a news source through social media, the bastions of traditional media can no longer control narratives and sway public opinion as they did before. When combined with intense partisan polarization, this potential for public intervention is profoundly threatening to lawmakers. Ironically, the era of transparency has thus encouraged legislating through the so-called ‘Secret Congress.'” (06/18/24)
https://hypertextjournal.substack.com/p/abundance-in-the-age-of-revolt