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Federation is the future of social media, says Bluesky CEO Jay Graber

Decoder with Nilay Patel

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Adapting to Technological Disruption

New technologies like the printing press and information technology initially disrupt society, breaking down shared truths and causing chaos. However, through the development of new institutions and systems like encyclopedias, academic citations, and legal systems, society can adapt and establish new shared truths. In the current information era, the fragmentation of shared reality calls for the creation of new systems like algorithms and community notes to approximate shared truths from the vast amount of information available on social media. The challenge is to develop these systems in a way that fosters shared truth without centralized control.

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