The Prophet of the Revolt

Martin Gurri and the ungovernable public

The Prophet of the Revolt Martin Gurri and the ungovernable public Antonio García Martínez Sep 18, 2020 74 4 Share portrait by Katia Sobolski “Sometimes, by sheer luck, you are in a high place and can see the shape and character of the approaching trouble, while those in the flatlands have no idea of what’s coming. That was me at the global media analysis section of CIA. And I was not alone. A group of us were obsessed with the same drama. We watched the digital tsunami tear its way around the world, and we observed, amazed, a tremendous spike in social and political turbulence behind it. We a

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