Information Balance Shift Undermines Authority

The book argues that cheap, ubiquitous digital publishing and networked attention have inverted the information advantage once held by hierarchical institutions, producing widespread delegitimation of governments, parties, and legacy media. That delegitimation doesn't just produce isolated protests but sustained insurgencies that reconfigure political outcomes (e.g., Brexit, Trump). — If true, democracies and institutions must rethink legitimacy, communication, and organizational design for a world where authority cannot rely on controlled information flows.