Privatized fast-knowledge plus the Internet enables demagoguery

Evidence

Even if society were like an organism, there would be some controlling element, some centralized brain in the body, some region and group that would collect the power necessary to direct the nerves of communication and the arteries of transportation. There would be no trans- formation of the great society into the great community by way of disinter- ested technology but only in terms of the ways in which knowledge and culture were monopolized by particular groups. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 599 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

MECHANIZATION has emphasized complexity and confusion; it has been responsible for monopolies in the field of knowledge; and it becomes extremely important to any civilization, if it is not to succumb to the influence of this monopoly of knowledge, to make some critical survey and report. The conditions of freedom of thought are in danger of being destroyed by science, technology, and the mechaniza- tion of knowledge, and with them, Western civilization. — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 1123 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Mechanized knowledge creates monopolies that endanger freedom of thought — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 1123; Communication technology serves group monopolies of knowledge, not community — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 599; Relying solely on AI for information intake alters knowledge retention and source engagement. — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 417 (+3 more)

Related

• Communication technology serves group monopolies of knowledge, not community (similarity 0.84)
• Mechanized knowledge creates monopolies that endanger freedom of thought (similarity 0.84)
• Monopolies in communication media inevitably disrupt society through rapid dissemination. (similarity 0.80)
• Monopoly over knowledge means controlling the paradigm, not just data (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Communication technology serves group monopolies of knowledge, not community #corroborates (0.70) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 599
• Mechanized knowledge creates monopolies that endanger freedom of thought #expands (0.60) — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 1123
• Broadcasting self-regulates within the state’s definition of sociopolitical reality #corroborates (0.55)
• Relying solely on AI for information intake alters knowledge retention and source engagement. #complicates (0.50) — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 417