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knowthesystem.bsky.social
Person who wants to fix public discourse in the US. https://knowthesystem.org/ https://scalablelearning.net/ https://www.allsides.com/blog/brawny-solutions-our-dysfunctional-public-discourse
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To educate students about media and polarization, new approaches that combine e-learning with gen-AI coaching will make a difference. Try out this demonstration: mediainsight.scalablelearning.net passcode: bsky88 No registration required. More in the replies. Pls share! #polarization #media

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o... (1/3) "And I don’t think there was anywhere near the level of disgust and concern and feeling that we were being corroded in our souls as there is now. And I think that, at some point, you are going to see a candidate come up who is going to weaponize this feeling...

submitted 144 days ago • 1 comment

Final installment (of my 10-article series on AllSides) ! I tried to put it into context given the re-election of Donald Trump and his newly appointed FCC head, Brendan Carr. Short version: Carr has some strange ideas, motivated by what he thinks Trump wants. www.allsides.com/blog/who-wil...

submitted 170 days ago • 0 comments

I wrote about a fundamental problem with algorithmic social media—that it was developed by misfits and cynics to diminish the value of interpersonal cohesion—and how conservative have exploited it to finally build the noxious, dominant counterculture they always wanted.

submitted 171 days ago • 22 comments

I've been warning journalists on what may be coming. There is no 1st Amendment defense under #EspionageAct nor reporter's privilege. Only thing that has stopped media prosecutions during last century has been policy. That is about to be thrown out. @wbaidlaw.bsky.social can help advise media.

submitted 173 days ago • 7 comments

Incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr says he'll focus on the journalism at CBS News as part of review of Paramount/Skydance deal. Misguided/ideological view of public interest that doesn't lower skyrocketing video fees for consumers; expand support for journalism; ensure diversity.

submitted 173 days ago • 0 comments

Brendan Carr has threatened to revoke licenses by wielding the FCC's authority to ensure that broadcast stations using public airwaves operate in the public interest, despite previous chairs saying the First Amendment prevents the FCC from revoking licenses based on content.

submitted 175 days ago • 8 comments

This new FCC boss (Brendan Carr) will be significantly worse than the last Trump FCC boss Ajit Pai. Even Pai refused to leverage government authority to harass broadcasters critical of Trump. Carr has no such reservations.

submitted 175 days ago • 16 comments

Yes, banning TikTok is unprincipled. But the article illustrates why we shouldn't rely on our Supreme Court's wacky FA jurisprudence to chart the future. We need principled experts to develop a regulatory scheme for social media. @evelyndouek.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 180 days ago • 0 comments

Here's the latest biweekly installment in my AllSides series. It's my sixth, last, and most ridiculous national proposal for fixing public discourse. www.allsides.com/blog/proposa...

submitted 187 days ago • 0 comments

The UK's commercial news publishers come after publicly funded outlets for "providing a better user experience" than their advertising-choked sites; claim that providing users with an experience they prefer gives public media an unfair advantage. Just wow. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...

submitted 190 days ago • 1 comment

Good article, except I hate when people try to redefine polarization as mere "advocacy" or "mobilization." Polarization is just bad, all it does it generate fountains of straw men, which then increases polarization. www.techpolicy.press/where-does-p...

submitted 192 days ago • 0 comments

A good surviving-Thanksgiving-with-family piece. The perspective reminds me very much of work by @zachelwood.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/o...

submitted 195 days ago • 0 comments

Check out my series on AllSides, about ambitious solutions to our dysfunctional public discourse. (Link is to my website, which has a more user-friendly list of all the articles so far.) knowthesystem.org/my-series-on...

submitted 207 days ago • 0 comments