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Interoperability may be the solution
I like the proposal that finding a way to open up competition would be the best approach to addressing the downside of social media. While options exist and some options may appeal to some users as superior, the network effect … Continue reading
Funding social media
I am a supporter of the position that many of the problems with social media would be solved if there was more competition among social media providers. This is similar to the position taken by Sinan Aral in Hype Machine. … Continue reading
Newseum lives – sorta
I have visited Washington, DC, a couple of times. It has been the site of conferences I attend and we took my parents there because they wanted to visit the Capitol. There are many great attractions, but my favorite was … Continue reading
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Storyline Online
Cindy and I belong to a Zoom group that meets once every two weeks. The group consists of individuals all worked in the Iowa State University hall system as students or grad students nearly 50 years ago now. Most are … Continue reading
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First the prediction and now the outcome
Sometimes it is interesting reconsider a prediction after it becomes possible to determine whether the prediction holds or not. Tim Wu was an earlier critic of what he considered the misguided direction of social media. If you read books focused … Continue reading
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COVID and schools
Opening K12 schools is obviously a highly debated and complex political issue. Clearly, the economy is impacted when parents must deal with their children being at home when some parents need to be at a work site and those parents … Continue reading
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