The emerging phenomenon that is the so-called 'Intellectual Dark Web' and the individuals associated with that phenomenon are getting a lot of play in the media these days.
More than the content and beliefs espoused by the cohort of characters operating within this movement and its followers, I find the fact that this movement has sprung up by taking full advantage of distributed technology like podcasts, youtube and Twitter and the power it's gaining as a loosely connected de-centralized group to be way more interesting.
Now if you have over 10,000 Twitter followers you are granted privilege to write to an imaginary newspaper.
Whereas the old 'gated institutional narrative' of yesteryear that was set forth by the NYTimes, Harvard, the Senate and other old, elite institutions that used to control the coherence of societal thought, today those reporters and members of those institutions are just another voice.
Utilizing the aforementioned tech, a new substrate of conversation has manifested and is growing into a counterforce against the narrative put forth by centralized organizations.
Anyways, Vox's wonky podcast 'The Weeds' discussed the 'Intellectual Dark Web' last week [here], and while I think they did a pretty terrible job at arguing with what has actually been said since they instead discussed their emotional interpretations of what has been said, it's still a super interesting discussion to listen to.
Enjoy the podcast and have a great weekend everybody.
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