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The Revolt of the Public

Martin Gurri

Networked information is dissolving the authority of institutions.

Gurri’s thesis: once information stopped being scarce, the public gained the power to negate institutions faster than institutions can produce legitimacy — across politics, media, finance, and regulation. Essential for anyone building inside regulated trust: the ground under institutional authority is moving, and protocols are part of what rushes in to fill the gap.