a nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications, a series of journals and magazines descended from the Whole Earth Catalog

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Whole Earth Index

Here lies a nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications, a series of journals and magazines descended from the Whole Earth Catalog, publish...

The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences #onlinecommunities #socialmedia

The Verge

The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences

As brands look to hold onto the internet of the past, the term “community” will become a loaded word.

2012-15 I taught college students infotention, word I used for the particular varieties of #attention mastery necessary online — here is a clickable concept map (Yahoo Pipes) and other tools are no longer available

Infotention Filters - What combination of mental and online tools can deal with information overload?

watercolor with saturation amped up #art #artwork

At an appearance at Stanford more than a decade ago, I asked Habermas about the Internet and the public sphere. He ducked the question. Now, apparently, he has answered it. Jeff Jarvis offers a substantial critique of the notion of a single public sphere. https://medium.com/whither-news/habermas-online-fe9fc95d9d77

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because Elon doesn't want me to.

PDF: my remembrance of my #psychedelic adventures with Terrence McKenna 📄.pdf

mathematical modelling has been used to show that #misinformation spreads across the internet like a virus spreading through a population.

Media@LSE - Promoting critical research into the vital role of media and communications in contemporary society

Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiology - Media@LSE

Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge and David Robert Grimes, Trinity College Dublin explain how mathematical modelling has been used to ...

about 30 years ago, on the WELL, I started calling it “disinfotainment”

“Polling data show that Donald Trump’s supporters were deeply misinformed about most of the campaign’s defining issues. Only if this is attributable to bad actors exploiting a broken information ecosystem, rather than an electoral majority that chooses to be misinformed, can there be hope of a healthier politics in America.”

Project Syndicate

Misinformation Decided the US Election

J. Bradford DeLong asks why Donald Trump’s supporters overwhelmingly held a distorted view of the country’s situation.