Scholars, Cold War and Digital War
When \'Kompas\' launched its Dedicated Scholar Awards 10 years ago, post-Cold War uncertainties hung low on the horizon. A decade has since passed and the comforts of certainty still elude us. Instead, things are growing worse thanks to the digital revolution that has resulted in disrupting values.
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Rikard Bagun
When Kompas launched its Dedicated Scholar Awards 10 years ago, post-Cold War uncertainties hung low on the horizon. A decade has since passed and the comforts of certainty still elude us. Instead, things are growing worse thanks to the digital revolution that has resulted in disrupting values.
It needs to be said that the digital war has been no less fierce and vicious than the Cold War. If the Cold War involved only two sides, the West and the East, the digital war, using social media as its main weapon, seems to involve many different sides and has turned value systems upside down. It is truly a battle of all against all: bellum omnium contra omnes. The lines between friend and foe have blurred.