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Stewart Brand, Jonathan Haidt, Kevin Kelly: Democracy in the Next Cycle of History

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What's Going on in America?

CNN's John Sutter says social media has made mainstream media much more toxic. He argues that technology is helping autocracies be better effective. China and India combined have 10 times the population of the US, with increasingly 10 times the influence. What I can tell you about Europe is this: The dream of a totalitarian state from Francis Hough to Kim Jong-un is coming true.

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