| Response sheet 5, for class, Tuesday | |
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This week we will be investigating the history of the United States in Panama. To repeat myself, investigating such historical background is necessary because most news and commentary addresses the current moment seemingly without considering any such historical background — and yet that history carries forward in many ways. And to repeat myself twice, it is necessary because access to professional journalism has been shrinking so dramatically in American life, and has been supplanted by increasingly saturating disinformation — i.e., deliberately false content meant to deceive. It is furthermore necessary because most content on the World Wide Web tends not to reveal its sources or its protocols. Infinitely worse, the current rise of “artificial intelligence” presents source-less content built upon mountains of misinformation and disinformation. “Artificial intelligence” is neither intelligent nor information. 1. So, before you examine the timeline I provided under Files in Canvas, what is your baseline of knowledge about Panama (at least one of you has been there; I myself have not).2. Please break down the timeline into five historical phases, indicating the start, the heart, and the end of each phase that you have identified.... |