Online Dystopia

By Pat Ferrel in politics on

Why the Internet is Broken and How it Breaks Everything ElseIt's election season in the USA and thinking people are raising an alarm. Social Dilemma, the Netflix documentary, is getting lots of attention. Online disinformation is pervasive. No one seems to agree on the facts. Polarization is at an all…

The Road to Divisiveness

By Pat Ferrel in politics on

Looking back on the last 20 years it seems we got here on diverging roads leading to the same place – divisiveness. How do we talk ourselves out of this self-laid trap?…