#44 Ethan Zuckerman, MIT’s Center for Civic Media: Skepticism of Crypto Social Networks + The Historical Co-Evolution of Information and Governance
In this episode of Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future (Soundcloud, Youtube, iTunes) I interview Ethan Zuckerman, the director for MIT’s Center for Civic Media. We chat about his skepticism of crypto social networks and the historical co-evolution of information and governance. Enjoy! Here are some links:
- https://www.wired.com/story/decentralized-social-networks-sound-great-too-bad-theyll-never-work/
- https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/gobo/overview/
- http://graphics.wsj.com/blue-feed-red-feed/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlio
- https://mediacloud.org/
- https://civilservant.io/
- Designing and Building a Healthy Space for Civic Interaction (and the text/slides here)
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