Mark Zuckerberg, meet Jean-Jacques Rousseau? John Walcott, Gregory F. Treverton and Pari Esfandiari, opinion contributors © Greg Nash Mark Zuckerberg, meet Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
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Phaedrus, the Greek philosopher Plato s King Thamus argued that rather than aiding human memory, the Egyptian god Theuth s gift of writing offered only the appearance of wisdom; 2,400 years later, Plato s debate has resurfaced to blame Google and Facebook for our current misfortunes. The struggle to understand the effects of digitization on the news media, politics, commerce, and the very concept of truth itself remains in its infancy, so far without an heir to Plato.
For centuries, it was the role of the press, the so-called Fourth Estate, to speak truth to power and hold the powerful accountable. The internet has changed that, and the costs of this information free-for-all become more evident every day - malignant conspiracy theories; foreign efforts to influence
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