The Politics of Epistemic Fragmentation

How the illusion of consensus was always a power play, and what to do now that it has shattered

John Ohno
Modern Mythology
Published in
12 min readFeb 12, 2020

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Over the past few years, it has seemed as though the only thing ‘real news’ outlets can agree on is the danger of ‘fake news’. Foreign powers or domestic traitors are accused of engineering political divisions, creating ‘polarization’, and…

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