0Again, a non-USAian source, of course, since Americans are stupid and ignorant. We have to go to AlterNet, where the Net is Altered. [alternet.org] And now for the juice.
New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz put his sanity on the line in order to take a deep dive into two parallel worlds: the reactionary universe of the alt-right, and the technological triumphalist paradigm of Silicon Valley. The latter is responsible for selling us a utopian vision of the internet that would (supposedly) bind humanity, yet which instead has stoked political division and created, indirectly, the alt-right. In “Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation,” Marantz offers readers an explanation as to how social networks created by idealist techies were co-opted by a rat’s nest of bigots, trolls, and fascists, who exploited the supposed “neutrality” of platforms to spread hate.
Marantz spoke to Salon about his new book and how the internet is changing democracy.
Yes, an entire interview follows. Many words. Too much ideas. Soylentils best stay away, unless they be men, or women, of valor! For death awaits you with nasty gnashing teeth! That rabbit is dynamite@! Or Marantz's book is actually correct.