Speaking of broken platforms and the American president, I would be remiss not to talk about perhaps the biggest story related to technology and the 2016 election: “fake news.” As I write this today, the term has pretty much lost its meaning: the president and his staff now use it to vilify any press coverage they don’t like. But during the fall of 2016, actual fake news was all over Facebook: The Pope endorses Donald Trump! Hillary Clinton sold weapons to ISIS!
There must be a solution to this situation. I guess long term it’s returning to the notion that quality universal education is a matter of national security. Wish I knew what that means we need to do but know that people are experimenting. And I don’t mean DeVos. :/
