Republic.comSee only what you want to see, hear only what you want to hear, read only what you want to read. In cyberspace, we already have the ability to filter out everything but what we wish to see, hear, and read. Tomorrow, our power to filter promises to increase exponentially. With the advent of the Daily Me, you see only the sports highlights that concern your teams, read about only the issues that interest you, encounter in the op-ed pages only the opinions with which you agree. In all of the applause for this remarkable ascendance of personalized information, Cass Sunstein asks the questions, Is it good for democracy? Is it healthy for the republic? What does this mean for freedom of speech?
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Contents
The Daily Me | 3 |
An Analogy and an Ideal | 23 |
Fragmentation and Cybercascades | 51 |
Social Glue and Spreading Information | 89 |
Citizens | 105 |
Whats Regulation? A Plea | 125 |
Freedom of Speech | 141 |
Policies and Proposals | 167 |
Conclusion Republiccom | 191 |
Afterword | 203 |
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Notes | 215 |
Acknowledgements | 225 |
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