Comments on: Connection Age: Transcending the Information Age http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/08/connection-age-transcending-the-information-age/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Interview with Daria Musk and RAM - Part Two | Indienation.fm http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/08/connection-age-transcending-the-information-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1242448 Interview with Daria Musk and RAM - Part Two | Indienation.fm Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:19:21 +0000 #comment-1242448 [...] She, very correctly in my opinion, noted that a better term would be that we are in a “connection age“… think about that as you listen to this podcast.In this segment, you will hear:Jeff [...] [...] She, very correctly in my opinion, noted that a better term would be that we are in a “connection age“… think about that as you listen to this podcast.In this segment, you will hear:Jeff [...]

]]> By: Lumpy http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/08/connection-age-transcending-the-information-age/comment-page-1/#comment-21669 Lumpy Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:50:07 +0000 #comment-21669 <p> Well said. </p><p> It is post like this one and your series on content that put you on my "must read" feed list and have me refer people here all the time. </p><p> Please keep up the great work. </p> Well said.

It is post like this one and your series on content that put you on my "must read" feed list and have me refer people here all the time.

Please keep up the great work.

]]> By: mandar talvekar http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/08/connection-age-transcending-the-information-age/comment-page-1/#comment-20609 mandar talvekar Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:11:17 +0000 #comment-20609 hi Amy, excellent post-- good insight into the emerging technologies. Have paraphrased and posted it and linked to it on my blog <a href="http://inkscrawl.blogspot.com/2005/06/from-information-age-into-connection.html">here.</a> hi Amy,
excellent post– good insight into the emerging technologies.
Have paraphrased and posted it and linked to it on my blog here.

]]> By: Jack Krupansky http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/08/connection-age-transcending-the-information-age/comment-page-1/#comment-20071 Jack Krupansky Thu, 09 Jun 2005 01:07:00 +0000 #comment-20071 I was just having a big battle on a philosophy discussion forum over "truth", especially as it relates to government, and as a result, I'd say that there are far too many ways in which we're entered a "disinformation age" or a "deception age". And if you still want to pursue the connection angle, I'd argue that society is splitting into quite a number of "disconnected" camps. Whether split by intense differences in political ideology, technical ideology (PC, Mac, Java, Linux, open source, etc.), language, class, wealth, etc. Sure, there is *some* amount of flattening, but a lot of stratification as well. How many of the world's billionaires blog? How many of us interact online with people who speak a language that we don't know? How many people below the official poverty level are active online? How many of us are interacting online with Arabs who don't have a positive opinion of the U.S.? Sure, we connect up with friends, family, business associates, and a little networking to expand our own individual bubbles, but look at the great yawning chasms between those bubbles. And on top of all of this, search engines, web pages, blogs, web feeds, wikis, and podcasts are all very, very primitive technologies which have tremendous usability problems (not to mention ADA issues and the cultural barriers), and we as a society are funding very, very little basic computing research that could address these issues, and more. Maybe we're having fun with our "geeky" toys, but we're not producing rock-solid, commercial grade tools and we're not producing tools that really gain any traction on global social issues. Podcasts and wikis may be cute, clever, and fun, but where does that really get us at the end of the day? -- Jack Krupansky I was just having a big battle on a philosophy discussion forum over “truth”,
especially as it relates to government, and as a result, I’d say that there
are far too many ways in which we’re entered a “disinformation age” or
a “deception age”.

And if you still want to pursue the connection angle, I’d argue that society
is splitting into quite a number of “disconnected” camps. Whether split by
intense differences in political ideology, technical ideology (PC, Mac, Java,
Linux, open source, etc.), language, class, wealth, etc.

Sure, there is *some* amount of flattening, but a lot of stratification as well.

How many of the world’s billionaires blog?

How many of us interact online with people who speak a language that we don’t
know?

How many people below the official poverty level are active online?

How many of us are interacting online with Arabs who don’t have a positive
opinion of the U.S.?

Sure, we connect up with friends, family, business associates, and a little
networking to expand our own individual bubbles, but look at the great
yawning chasms between those bubbles.

And on top of all of this, search engines, web pages, blogs, web feeds, wikis,
and podcasts are all very, very primitive technologies which have tremendous
usability problems (not to mention ADA issues and the cultural barriers), and
we as a society are funding very, very little basic computing research that
could address these issues, and more.

Maybe we’re having fun with our “geeky” toys, but we’re not producing
rock-solid, commercial grade tools and we’re not producing tools that
really gain any traction on global social issues.

Podcasts and wikis may be cute, clever, and fun, but where does that really
get us at the end of the day?

– Jack Krupansky

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