5 years ago yesterday I wrote an essay arguing that institutions were thinking about online media, insurgencies, & manipulation campaigns all wrong. Fighting the last war.
The Digital Maginot line, I called it. It went viral then.
Here it is on its anniversary. [www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/11/28/t...]( )
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The Digital Maginot Line