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The clickbait future of news and our crisis of consensus

The clickbait future of news and our crisis of consensus It’s often hard to distinguish between what has come to be known as “clickbait”—which according to Dictionary.com is “a sensationalized headline or piece of text on the internet designed to entice people to follow a link to an article on another web page”—and simply a […]

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The Mephistopheles Media

The Mephistopheles Media Ary Scheffer Faust in his Study c1840The essence of the story of Faust is simple: He is a man who sells his -future- soul to the devil in return for short term gain, for riches “now”. But years later, the devil comes to collect his prize. Here’s a modern allegory. In 2015 -or thereabouts- […]

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Father Of The World Wide Web Warns “Perverse Incentives” Have Made The Internet “Dysfunctional”

Father Of The World Wide Web Warns “Perverse Incentives” Have Made The Internet “Dysfunctional” British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee – known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, says that the internet has become a cesspool of “clickbait and the viral spread of misinformation,” which needs to be “changed for the better,” reports CNBC. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, […]

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