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Information wants to be free, BITCH... But seriously, given the increasing "media savviness" of subsequent generations (from Baby Boomers who grew up with TV, t
by dfraser992 11y ago
Information wants to be free, BITCH... But seriously, given the increasing "media savviness" of subsequent generations (from Baby Boomers who grew up with TV, to Gen Y for whom the Internet is a given), the general ability across the spectrum of humanity to synthesize disparate information sources and filter them, compare and contrast, decide what is 'truthy' vs actually true... is increasing. Given all the information scientists have to process... What if machine learning was applied to this problem? The role of traditional gatekeepers is breaking down. I see this is the publishing industry - lots of content, most of the self-published books are awful, but books like "Wool" are able to rise to the top.
At least I hope humanity is getting more sophisticated. What is the median of the age of Trump supporters and the one sigma std dev? That would be an interesting statistic.