Bakunin’s Reviews > The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority > Status Update

Fascinating read. Gurris thesis is that new technologies make it possible for the public, i.e. persons who are interested in an affair and can affect it only by supporting it or opposing the actors - to have massive consequences for the political arena. Another way of putting it: the conflict between hierarchies and networks. Traditional institutions no longer have a monopoly on information.