Tag: self-selection
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Occupy Wall Street: Small Convergence of a Radical Fringe
Why haven’t the protests on Wall Street sparked a prairie fire of populist rebellion across the country? Why, when Adbusters called for “reinforcements” did these not magically arrive? Why, if the protesters represent the feelings of “99% of Americans” have so very, very few of those represented bothered to support the initiative in any way…
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Disintegration of the American Public (pt.1)
Kevin Drum has a post today at Mother Jones titled Everybody Hates Everybody Else. Based on a recent Bloomberg poll (see the pie/donut chart below), he concludes that: …what it really means is that everybody hates everybody else. Democrats all think Republicans are responsible for screwing up the country, and Republicans all think Democrats are…
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Activists caught in the Filter Bubble
How personalization helps activists find each other while losing society Also published at Alternet. Eli Pariser’s new book The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You is a must-read for pretty much anyone who uses the Internet. Eli breaks down troubling trends emerging in the World Wide Web that threaten not only individual…
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Book Review: The Big Sort (part 1)
“How could Bush have possibly won?! I don’t know anyone who voted for him!” “How could Obama have possibly won?! I don’t know anyone who voted for him!” Depending on where you live and who you associate with, you’re likely to have heard some version of one or the other of the above two quotes…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 