The Price of Silicon Valley’s "Disruption" — Is It Possible to Now Have Responsible Information Economics?

As we've absorbed and adopted the information economy assumptions peddled by Silicon Valley, social isolation has increased, the definition of "fact" has become slippery, and the scientific record has become more superficial, less reliable, and more transitory. In fact, confirmation bias seems to have become our main operating principle. Maybe a change in economic incentives and greater skepticism across the board could help -- all driven by more humans at the controls.

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