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Ortega's Theory of Social Media to Day's World
Ortega: There's always been mediocre people. This 's nothing new. But something changed towards the end of the nineteenth century. In doing so, we gave mediocre people a level of respect for their opinions that we've never really seen before throughout history. Lik if you're a mediocre person, you are living through a golden age. It may be no greater time for you to have ever lived than right now. He would want us to consider how different the world is for the ordinary person from the way it's typically existed throughout history. And don't get him wrong, this is a great time to be alive to ortega. Equality is good. Democracy is good.