I suspect media only covers entertainment by copying and pasting press kits that gets sent to them

Agreed. Mcluhan also gave lessor lessons about The impacts of 20th century technology.

But the Gutenberg press put information in everyone's hands much as social did.

So are we headed to the same place as back then? Hope not

Neil's flub was calliope theme for the clown show that is human hubris...

Those institutions would be unrecognizable after the change, I think.

What did they look like in the 19th century? In the Renaissance? Before the church?

In times when the media topography changes, it's really hard to find the centre.

Thanks for the thoughtful post.

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they're pretty obscure but... lambchop

The public sphere model assumes that the public is able to weigh trade-offs in costs and benefits, or for there to be a cohort of thought leaders to explain it responsibly.

In the society of the spectacle, the model fails.

Not a surprising assessment.

What's the response? Call to action?

Maybe reinforcement of social policy to ensure safety, nutrition, health and basic living standards.

If the system falls, let's make sure that the speculators and virtual adventurers fall farther than the people.

I can see a mass ignore movement taking hold...

We are, in our home, speaking out against all of it:

Materialism, predatory mercantile economics, monoculture...

Check out her PODCAST Let's Appreciate.

Pretty grim but illuminated explanation that our economic media system is not designed to solve the problems it creates.

She feels that you need to play the game to win the game 😐

The Long Goodbye