The Power of Social Media and Citizen Voices in Transformative Events

Martin Gurri (@mgurri) is a former CIA analyst and author of The Revolt of the Public. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center (@mercatus).

In this episode, we discussed how information transforms the political landscape, expertise & uncertainty in the modern era, the effectiveness of propaganda throughout history, how excess skepticism engenders excess dogmatism, the potential of open source intelligence (OSINT), and the future of new media & journalism.