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Social media spread baseless conspiracies, true


But can regulation get anywhere at all? 
I have this mental image of social media as a giant blob of mercury spilled all over the globe. 
Who could begin to regulate all those slippery bits of liquid metal?
Try to grab a blob, it squirts away into smaller blobs.
We will get regulation, all right — no end of it. 
But will our regulation accord with the nature of Hermes? 
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* [ Comment] @ Facebook  
* [https://www.facebook.com/malcolm.lawrence/posts/10158517047576154?comment_id=10158525809246154 Comment] @ Facebook  
* [ Post] @ Twitter
* [https://www.facebook.com/karl.gregory.jones/posts/10225193406000824 Post] @ Facebook


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Latest revision as of 09:32, 4 February 2023

"The Nature of Hermes" is a short essay by Karl Jones.

The Nature of Hermes

Social media spread baseless conspiracies, true

But can regulation get anywhere at all?

I have this mental image of social media as a giant blob of mercury spilled all over the globe.

Who could begin to regulate all those slippery bits of liquid metal?

Try to grab a blob, it squirts away into smaller blobs.

We will get regulation, all right — no end of it.

But will our regulation accord with the nature of Hermes?

In the News

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