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Predictions 2021: Disinformation, SPACs, Africa, Facebook, and a Return to Tech Optimism

John Battelle's Searchblog

” 2021 will be a year where we search for the root causes of our failures over the past few years, and at the center of that failure is a communication system that mindlessly manufactures disinformation. I’m generally inclined to be optimistic, but rose-colored glasses stretch time. Facebook’s chickens come home to roost.

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WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE RUSSIAN MARKET?

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Many experts believe that perhaps stronger sanctions could have deterred Russia before the invasion (as the proverb says: it is easy to be wise after the event) but using sanctions to coerce Russia to end the war now seems very unlikely to succeed. The oil and gas payments mitigate Moscow’s need to source other domestic resources for revenue.