The Media Broke Our Information Ecosystem

To fix it, the media has some soul-searching to do.

Inside Iconic Magazines in Nolita in Manhattan, New York. Courtesy of Flickr by Phil Roeder. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.

It is often forgotten that while the internet has vastly accelerated the pace at which information travels between individual members of society, its quality remains largely a function of the media environment responsible for its existence. A for-profit business in freefall, the media is struggling to create…