France Culture
Steve Bannon : "Si vous pensez que la campagne électorale de 2016 a été méchante, vous n’avez encore rien vu"
5 min · · À quelques jours du "Super Tuesday", l’ancien conseiller spécial de Donald Trump a reçu chez lui Frédéric Martel, journaliste et producteur sur France Culture. · Shared by 10, including Josep M. Ganyet
The Guardian
Brexit, the most pointless, masochistic ambition in our country's history, is done
8 min · · The magic dust of populism has blinded reason, and damage and diminishment lie ahead · Shared by 157, including ❤️ Umair, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Matthias Lampe, luis antónio santos, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, Krishna, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Damon Young, Barry C Smith, Juliana de Albuquerque | @ajuliana@mas.to, Glyn Britton, Liv 😷, John Tasioulas, Faik Ersoy, Josep M. Ganyet, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org on Mastodon 🦣, Luciano Floridi @lucianofloridi@mastodon.world
Vox
“Flood the zone with shit”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy
10 min · · The impeachment trial probably won’t change any minds. Here’s why. · Shared by 108, including luis antónio santos, Alfie Kohn, Mark Little, Nieman Reports, Jason Stanley, Nolen Gertz, Steve Silberman, Andy Budd, Massimo Pigliucci, Jochen Burkhard, Kara Swisher, Mike Troiano, Mathew Ingram, Josep M. Ganyet, Mike Davidson
newleftreview.org
Evgeny Morozov, Digital Socialism?, NLR 116/117, March–June 2019
· What opportunities does the new feedback infrastructure of data capitalism offer for non-market forms of social coordination? Hayek and the Calculation Debate revisited in the age of big data. · Shared by 25, including Josep M. Ganyet, Thomas Pleil
The New York Times
The Media Is Broken
4 min · · And not for the reasons you think. · Shared by 55, including Josep M. Ganyet, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Ste Davies, Lluís Codina, Faik Ersoy, tylercowen, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
New Scientist
Predicting the future is now possible with powerful new AI simulations
1 min · · If you thought Cambridge Analytica had scary tech, wait until you see this. A new form of AI modelling promises accurate simulation of the behaviour of entire cities, countries and one day perhaps,… · Shared by 49, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Josep M. Ganyet, Francesco Corea, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ
Insider Business
Instagram is Gen Z's go-to source of political news — and it's already having an impact on the 2020 election
4 min · · About 65% of respondents told Business Insider they checked Instagram daily, with many Gen Zers citing it as a major source for political news. · Shared by 9, including Josep M. Ganyet
The Guardian
Inside the hate factory: how Facebook fuels far-right profit
16+ min · · Guardian investigation reveals a covert plot to control some of Facebook’s largest far-right pages and harvest Islamophobic hate for profit · Shared by 134, including Bjorn Larsen, luis antónio santos, Noely ⚡️🏐, Ayala Sherbow, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mark Little, Brad Brooks, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Josep M. Ganyet, Matthias Lampe, Loughlin O'Nolan, Mathew Ingram, Faik Ersoy, Katja Evertz
www-nytimes-com.sare.upf.edu
adAS | Servei de Single Sign-On
· Per poder autenticar-se és necessari tenir configurat un certificat vàlid en el navegador o tenir introduïda correctament en el lector de certificats la targeta corresponent. Premi "Continuar" per… · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet
La Vanguardia
Hacia una Europa verde y digital
3 min · · La Comisión Von der Leyen ha saltado al campo a jugar sus cinco años de mandato enarbolando la bandera verde y la tableta digital. En definitiva, se ha comprometido a presentar en sus primeros cien... · Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet
DW News
Litio: Alemania y Bolivia, unidos por el oro blanco
5 min · · Bolivien Reportage | Salar de Uyuni, Salzpfanne & Abbau von Lithium El futuro de Bolivia es blanco y salado. El Salar de Uyuni es un desierto de sal de 10.000 kilómetros de longitud. El ingeniero Juan… · Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet
nuvol.com
La gamificació de la revolta
4 min · · Tsunami Democràtic o la independència com a videojoc · Shared by 7, including Josep M. Ganyet
The New York Times
The Real Reason Facebook Won’t Fact-Check Political Ads
6 min · · It’s not about free speech. · Shared by 38, including Mathew Ingram, @augieray@mastodon.social, Matt Navarra, Josep M. Ganyet, Dean Baker, Azeem Azhar, Evan Selinger
POLITICO
The Shocking Paper Predicting the End of Democracy
7 min · · Human brains aren’t built for self-rule, says Shawn Rosenberg. That’s more evident than ever. · Shared by 164, including justin caouette, Francine Hardaway (hardaway.eth), Josep M. Ganyet, Matthias Lampe, Thomas Power, frankcunhaiii, Clemens M. Schuster, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Jason Stanley, Rick Powell, MΛRC VIDΛL, Liv 😷, Liam Bright
The New York Times
Democracy Isn’t Dead; We’ve Barely Tried It
5 min · · The United States is more of an oligarchy than a democracy, and policy decisions don’t reflect what a majority of citizens want. · Shared by 28, including Stowe Boyd, Josep M. Ganyet, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
BBC News (World)
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
8 min · · Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change. · Shared by 66, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Arin Basu, Eric Holthaus, Joshua Walker, Enrique Dans, Daniel Pink, Josep M. Ganyet, Jennifer Ouellette, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Esther Schindler, Julia Kaganskiy 🇺🇦