Swimming the Deep(er) End – @HRheingold interviewed by his daughter, a Google employee #NetSmart

I found this video on Howard Rheingold’s Google Plus page,  and found this particular quote interesting:  His daughter asks for a first question:  “Is Google making us stupid?”  He says its a good question for conversation,  and he says:  “If you believe that our use of Social Media is making us shallow, then why not teach more people how to Continue Reading

Authority No Longer a Badge granted by Publication from Too Big To Know by @dweinberger

Continuing my reading in Davide Weinbberger’s Too Big To Know,  the BOOK has lost its dominance as the bestower of authority.  The conversations it initiates,  and the test of feedback and author reply and recirculating or restaing or rethinking has brought about a challenge to the traditional means of authority.  This is already having impact on the notions we have Continue Reading