The internet involves "anthropology, sociology, ethics, community studies, and history. And philosophy should have a much greater voice in the decisions that we make around the internet that we are all making together." - @jeffjarvis #ThatWordChat

Is print dead? "Yet again, I don't think the print dies entirely at the end of 'Parenthesis.' I recant in 'What Would Google Do." I argued the books should be updated and rethought so they could be updatable, clickable, linkable, discussable, and cheaper." - Jarvis #ThatWordChat

"The internet didn't make us hate. It didn't make us racist. We brought all of that to the Internet. The Internet is a human enterprise, and it reflects the worst in us alongside the best of us." @jeffjarvis #ThatWordChat

"And the problem with that is that it simplifies and oversimplifies larger problems and trends. And when media try to blame everything on one folk devil, they're not paying attention to the larger underlying stories and problems that exist." #ThatWordChat

A critique media's relationship to the internet: "There were moral panics about novels and books, and television and radio, and comic books, and video games. There is a moral panic today about social media and about our phones, and now about AI." #ThatWordChat

A lesson Jarvis learned while working in print: "If we had handed the internet to the print editors, they would have just put up PDFs, and they wouldn't have had conversations. And they wouldn't have enabled the websites to find their own value." #ThatWordChat

The internet is about conversation and community, but "you can't just put community and expect it to go fine. People will do bad things, and you have to invest in that community." #ThatWordChat

Jarvis dives into the topic of federated platforms: https://medium.com/whither-news/hope-for-a-post-musk-net-f156d0cdf431 #ThatWordChat

Federated platforms like Mastodon, where people have their own rules and structures, can be appealing after the lessons learned from Musk and companies like Twitter. - @jeffjarvis #ThatWordChat

"That's the essence of the definition of platformers -- when your users put uses to what you admitted that you didn't anticipate, then they take it over, and it's theirs. That's a good thing to happen, sometimes scary." @jeffjarvis #ThatWordChat

On digital platforms: "Conversation, more than content, becomes the organizing principle of where we head." @jeffjarvis #ThatWordChat

"Is it a parenthesis or not? That's for everyone to decide and debate. I think there are multiple parentheses here. There's a parenthesis of print. There's also a parenthesis of mass media." @jeffjarvis #ThatWordChat

First #QOTD: Is it fair to call print a "parenthesis"? Is it a delineated era that we're moving beyond now? #ThatWordChat

We're so excited to be back with another exciting show! A warm welcome to @jeffjarvis, author of "The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet." #ThatWordChat #AmEditing

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Set your alarm! #ThatWordChat will be live today at 4:30 PM ET. Author Jeff Jarvis is stopping by to chat about his latest book on the history of print and its outcome in the digital age. Get your link to the show: https://bit.ly/ThatWordChat

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(Have you missed us?) #ThatWordChat will return on Aug. 29 with special guest Jeff Jarvis, author of "The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet." Register to attend the live show: https://bit.ly/ThatWordChat

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Author Jeff Jarvis will join us next week to discuss his latest book, "The Gutenberg Parenthesis," an exploration of the age of print, from its invention to its transition into the digital era. Grab a virtual seat for the show: https://bit.ly/ThatWordChat

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Missed last week's #ThatWordChat episode with special guest Maggie Lorenz? Tune in to our YouTube channel today, June 13, at 4:30 PM ET for the video premiere!

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Missed last week's #ThatWordChat episode with special guest Maggie Lorenz? Tune in to our YouTube channel today, June 13, at 4:30 PM ET for the video premiere!

Set your alarm and watch it here: bit.ly/ThatWordVideo

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