Tag: Tom Wolfson
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Limits of social media in revolutionary processes (Malcolm Gladwell was right!)
Last October Malcolm Gladwell kicked a hornet nest of social media enthusiasts, arguing that social media helped facilitate weak social ties, which are good for some things but not others. Protracted social struggle against the privileged and powerful tends to come with heavy costs, sometimes including prison, physical pain, and even death. Strong social ties…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 