Salvaging what's left after the masses have had their feed
Once a vast majority is living the same reality through television, then they are more predictable and easily managed, writes Nathan Janes.
War journalism and peace journalism are two different ways of reporting the same set of events. Where does this leave objectivity, balance, truth and ethics? Johan Galtung and Jake Lynch offer some observations.
The media has become trained at talking about race in a manner that conveniently skirts the inequalities that all people of color face, preferring instead to pontificate on what constitutes a racist remark, writes Kevin Gosztola.
Apple is suing Google phone’s creator, citing patent infringement. But how do you become the standard if you attack those who adopt it? asks Douglas Rushkoff.
Jacque Fresco and Peter Joseph have a plan for the future: Us. The Venus Project is a future design for humanity and the Planet Earth that rests on the foundations of compassion, freedom, unbridled technological innovation, education and the transition from a monetary-based economy and into a resource-based one, writes Chard Currie.
By the year million, quantum mechanics may allow the equivalent of Star Trek’s transporter beam, but even if it doesn’t, we can grow a ‘faxed’ copy of you in a remote location, based on a description file transmitted by ordinary radio or laser communication systems, writes Wil McCarthy.
The internet and 24-hour news channels have led to media organisations becoming desperate to be the first to get a story out there - without it necessarily being edited or checked. This speed can lead to compromises in quality as well as leaving us with 'no time to think', write Charles S Feldman and Howard Rosenberg.
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