Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

(Blog Post) When someone demands to be told how we can replace newspapers, they are really demanding to be told that we are not living through a revolution. They are demanding to be told that old systems won’t break before new systems are in place. They are demanding to be told that ancient social bargains aren’t in peril, that core institutions will be spared, that new methods of spreading information will improve previous practice rather than upending it. They ... Full Story »

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Donica Mensing
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by Donica Mensing - Mar. 15, 2009

Shirky summarizes many of the arguments that have been flying between bloggers, mainstream media, and Tweeters over the past few months (and longer). His analysis provides a broader context than most and helps reorient the conversation from "what is the Next Big Business Model" to a more productive "what might be" and "what can we try now" set of expectations.

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