Yet, editors still use the medium the same way, by posting articles, dating them, and forgetting about them. Turn their text into a flexible and flowing form, so that each time a surfer looks in on it, it actually reveals fresh insight on the topic. You d have to label pieces as either set pieces or flow pieces, flow pieces meaning their authors would continuously return to the material to insert revisions and updates. The people who make an effort to come to something like a conference on disinformation, are all well read and on the forefront of political science. They want to get to the bottom of things and won t take anybody s last word for it.
Disinformation is synonymous with dissatisfaction and disillusion.
The level of jaded cynicism in that room was evident. So it was interesting to see the organizers introduce as their first speaker Vyaas Houston, who enticed the audience into Sanskrit chants. The reluctance was evident. This wasn t the usual new age crowd you find at the New York Open Center. Much to my surprise the poor man did manage a semblance of participation, if not too overly enthusiastic.