## Content *[Source](https://techpolicy.substack.com/about)* A minor modification of [Jack Balkin’s Free Speech triangle](https://columbialawreview.org/content/free-speech-is-a-triangle/) (Balkin’s triangle depicts legacy media as part of the bottom vertex, I include it under information infrastructure [^1] + insight from Elettra Bietti’s thought-provoking [Free Speech is Circular](https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/free-speech-is-circular-trump-twitter-and-the-public-interest-5277ba173db3) post, as well as insight from many other incredibly smart people have lead me to this work-in-progress model of fuzzy interactions (which is why they are all randomly strewn about within the inverted triangle) between States/state infrastructure, information structure and societies. And while they are represented as 3 distinct vertices, each side actually contains a continuum of participants (that’s why all the lines are squiggly).[^2] I should also point that I came across the Information Ecosystem analogy in You Are Here by Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner. ![[Balance of Power TIE.png]] _Yes, I know it is poorly designed. Perhaps someday, I’ll get a professional with some sense of aesthetics to actually design a logo for me. That day is not today, though._ Worth noting, that one of the key questions when considering interventions in this space is what they will do the balance of power, and whether that outcome is something we want. ![[Balance of Power.png]] ## Related Notes - [[Technology Policy Issues (WIP)]] ## Colophon %% title:: How I conceptualise the Information Space type:: [[output]] tags:: url:: file:: creator:: Prateek Waghre %% created:: 2022-02-15 status:: [[bean]] [^1]: Information Infrastructure itself lies within a broader ‘Market’ but I haven’t depicted that since the focus is primarily on the information ecosystem. _Market forces,_ though, are in the fuzzy triangle for us to explore, when relevant. [^2]: You’ll also notice that I haven’t specifically listed individuals, communities and entities. That’s because I believe they are ‘constituent elements’ of each of the three vertices and not a distinct corners.