How To Spot A Twitter Troll
Western governments use trolls on social media to mold our minds. Here’s how to find them.
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Professor Forte describes the wasteland of social media
Professor Maximilian Forte provides a brilliant analysis of social media & us. It’s a sad picture.
Stratfor looks at the power of social media to tilt politics
Summary: New media mark the chapters in the history of politics. Newspaper, radio, TV, and now social media — each generation of media transformed politics. Those who mastered the new media thrived; those that didn’t, failed. Here Stratfor brings in experts to discuss the Arab Spring, Campaign 2016, and what happens next. The Next Front …
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Stratfor: Iran’s mullahs and the Saudi Princes fight to control the internet
Summary: Next in this series looking the Saudi Princes’ attempts to cope with the 21st century, we share Stratfor’s analysis of how the Princes and Iran’s mullahs (aka ruhani) are responding to their irresistible common enemy — the internet, and especially social media. “Information wants to be free”” — Stewart Brand told Steve Wozniak at …
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The stock market gives us its 2 classic warnings. Will we listen?
Summary: Again the US stock market skates on the edge of an abyss, this time without the Fed holding a safety net. We’ve seen this combination of peaking economy and overvalued stocks; it never ends well. Too bad we don’t learn from history. But I suspect we’ll soon get another opportunity. The Fed is like …
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