Its no secret that social media really is changing everything. Clay Shirky on TED.com talks about the advances of media starting from: few-to-few, one-to-many, and finally into today’s many-to-many.
Mr. Shirkey says of our technological innovations that they “don’t get socially interesting until they get technologically boring”. Rather than the newest most up-to-date gadget on the market, it is that which becomes ubiquitous that fuels this revolution; the “largest increase in expressive capability in human history”.
This talk was given in less than a month ago and the events taking place in
Will social media be the battleground for next “War on-”; the "war on networking"?
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Social networking transforms us all. For myself, I have traveled to foreign countries to meet people of goodwill. I have learned languages and lifestyle differences. I know people in countries that I am not allowed to visit.
ReplyDeleteAs much transformation shall happen in Iran and other countries, I most hope that a transformation will occur in the United States. For our laws and policies can be as equally unjust to our citizens and the rest of the world.