Martin Gurri is the visiting research fellow at Mercatus Center and a former CIA analyst. Martin’s core interests center around politics, information, and media. His book The Revolt of the Public received notoriety for its cogent analysis of the effects of information on political change. 

Our conversation with Martin centers around the societal and political implications of how information is organized and controlled. We launch into Martin’s thesis in The Revolt of the Public which tells the story of How insurgencies—enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere—have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world, and talk about what’s changed since it was last published in 2018. We discuss the evolution of technology and information structure and its implications for how societies are organized, the nature of the current political discord, and democracy. Martin also offers some practical advice for engaged citizens and aspiring politicians.

About Martin Gurri:

• Martin Gurri – Wikipedia 
• Martin Gurri – Mercatus Center 
• Martin Gurri – Twitter

From Martin Gurri:

• The Fifth Wave
• The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

Recommendations:

• Light in August: Weiner, Tim
• San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities: Shellenberger, Michael

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• Music used in this podcast: Simplex Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com): Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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