"You can't dismantle the Master's house with the Master's tools!" Okay so find me some tools the Master doesn't have

We legit had “5th quarter” in middle school football, a glorious time for small kids like me who would otherwise be dissolved by a single tackle

Appreciate this! The only big thing missing here is how we can use information to form “publics” and take collective action; a healthier info environment without real and constructive political arenas is insufficient by definition.

Lippman’s conclusion here, however - to cede democratic control to technocrats working “for the people” without real public checks - is worth rejecting (at least in part). I far prefer Dewey’s response, which affirms that the info ecology is deeply broken but asserts our best response is local