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Thursday, August 23, 2007

The Dehumanizing Effects of Technology: NOT!

Deborah Schultz ("Technology changes, humans don't") has a post on human relationships, technology, and something she calls "weaving."

I didn't completely understand it in a fast skim, but it looks like she's got something to think about here.

And it isn't the looming threat of new technologies. Or, maybe it is.
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 27, 2007 at 5:55 AM

    Hey Brian - thanks for the link. Basically - my point is that we need to stop looking at our online behavior vertically as a pyramid we are climbing to collect the most or be the most popular _____ [blogger, podcaster etc], becuase the real value comes in the horizontal connecting of networks as a behavior of weaving through networks seems to be the wave of the future.

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  2. Brian H. GillAugust 27, 2007 at 8:27 PM

    debs,

    Thanks for commenting - and clarifying my post.

    Excellent point. I hope people 'listen.'

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  3. KeithAugust 28, 2007 at 10:06 AM

    Brian,

    Thanks for the link. You did leave out the place where I found "Habitable Planets". Bob Sawyer, the SF writer for all seasons, paid good money for this report many years ago, and he says it is one of the contributing factors for his many Hugo nominations and awards.

    http://www.sfwriter.com/blog.htm

    Keith P. Graham
    http://www.cthreepo.com/blog

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  4. Brian H. GillAugust 28, 2007 at 2:02 PM

    Keith,

    Thanks! I'll check that out, and edit/correct the post.

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