*How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth* See: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/technology/how-the-internet-is-loosening-our-grip-on-the-truth.html
... For years, technologists and other utopians have argued that online news would be a boon to democracy. That has not been the case. ... SLC: A good time to mention my prediction years ago that without digital intervention based on democratic intent, we'd have a virtual civil war: http://stevenclift.com/democratic-evolution-or-virtual-civil-war-speech-to-world-summit-on-information-society-in-geneva-by-steven-clift-2003/ Clearly we need far stronger and more effective intervention if want representative democracy to simply survive another generation. Also, if you reflect on this image - http://www.publicus.net/articles/edemscenario.gif - the slide downward is real! That's from: http://stevenclift.com/the-future-of-e-democracy-–-the-50-year-plan-by-steven-clift-2002/ Now what to do? I have ideas ... but connecting those to resources or those with the reach to execute them with the masses has proven challenging because they represent the cost of making democracy work better and either don't generate profits or give all sides a chance to be better listened to therefore potentially help the other side politically. Steve
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