Niall Ferguson’s Networld

Niall Ferguson’s Networld

Disruption (1x1)


: 17, 2020

With the help of experts in network theory and precedents from history, Ferguson argues that the printing press had similar consequences for 16th-and 17th-century Europe as the personal computer and the Internet have for the world since the 20th century, leading to polarization and the dissemination of fake news.

  • : 2020
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