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The most important technology critic in the world was tired of knowledge based on clicks. So he built an antidote - The Correspondent
▻https://thecorrespondent.com/369/the-most-important-technology-critic-in-the-world-was-tired-of-knowledge-based-on-clicks-so-he-built-an-antidote/789698745-92d7c0ee
You read that right: Morozov, the most prominent critic of Silicon Valley, has started an online service with a mission as megalomaniacal as many tech companies.
I was there last September as he prepared to share The Syllabus with the world from southern Italy.
Le projet en question, tant qu’à faire :
▻https://the-syllabus.com
Bon mais tout ça pour dire :
I would like him to explain exactly how his system works, but he doesn’t want to divulge the The Syllabus’s secret recipe to me in detail.
On apprend quand même que ça marche par taxonomies. Chaque sujet important est lié à une liste de mots (des gens, des concepts etc) qui peuvent être à la fois édités manuellement et trouvés par text-mining (à partir de contenus dont ils savent qu’ils sont parfaitement de tel sujet).