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Don’t you think social media impacts policy though? Take your example of automation. Wouldn’t the way to counteract this be through smarter policy (like an aut
by bumby 5y ago
Don’t you think social media impacts policy though?
Take your example of automation. Wouldn’t the way to counteract this be through smarter policy (like an automation tax as an off-the-cuff example).
I think the angle of the paper is that social media makes enacting smart policy that much harder because weaponized misinformation can be used to stymie such policy.
- jkhdigital 5y agoI know how to solve this: no more democracy, just put the “smart policy” wonks in charge. What could possibly go wrong
- bumby 5y agoI know you’re being sarcastic, but in a representative democracy the people are largely the ones charged with assigning the “smart policy wonks” to their roles
- antifa 5y agoFeels more like choosing your ISP than it does democracy...
- bumby 5y agoCan you elaborate? Are you alluding to choosing between the lesser of two evils? Personally, I think this can be managed by bringing back the idea of Cincinnati-style civic duty, rather than relying on a professional political class but that ship may be too far gone