Bonus – A Bigger Picture on Elon & Twitter

<p>If Elon Musk owns Twitter, what are the risks and what are the opportunities? In order for Twitter to support democracy — and Musk’s goal of becoming a multi-planetary civilization — we need a radical redesign that goes beyond free speech. </p><p><i>Note: this conversation was recorded on April 21, 2022. That was 3 days prior to the official purchase announcement, which revealed that Elon Musk will buy Twitter for $44 billion. </i></p><p><strong>RECOMMENDED MEDIA </strong></p><p><a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/rml-politicalcontent">Examining algorithmic amplification of political content on Twitter</a></p><p><a href="https://knightfoundation.org/articles/polarization-in-the-twittersphere-what-86-million-tweets-reveal-about-the-political-makeup-of-american-twitter-users-and-how-they-engage-with-news/">Polarization of Twitter</a> (Knight Foundation)</p><p><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/10/23/national-politics-on-twitter-small-share-of-u-s-adults-produce-majority-of-tweets/">Pew Research on the political extremes drowning out centrist voices on Twitter</a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/technically-social/study-suggests-twitters-timeline-algorithm-buries-external-links-92cb5841082f">Chronological feed vs algorithm </a>(Computational Journalism Lab)<br /><br /><strong>RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES</strong></p><p>A Conversation with Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: <a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/42-a-conversation-with-facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen">https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/42-a-conversation-with-facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen</a><br /><br />Here’s Our Plan And We Don’t Know: <a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/46-heres-our-plan-and-we-dont-know">https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/46-heres-our-plan-and-we-dont-know</a><br /><br />A Problem Well-Stated Is Half-Solved: <a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/a-problem-well-stated-is-half-solved">https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/a-problem-well-stated-is-half-solved</