Sept 23 – David Weinberger Network Age Briefing: Is The Web REALLY Exceptional?
- Network Age Briefing: “Is The Web REALLY Exceptional?”
- September 23, 2009
Listen to show:
“Exceptionalism is the perception that a country, society, institution, movement, or time period is ‘exceptional‘ (i.e., unusual or extraordinary) in some way and thus does not conform to normal rules or general principles. Used in this sense, the term reflects a belief formed by lived experience, ideology, perceptual frames, or perspectives influenced by knowledge (or lack thereof) of historical or comparative circumstances.” (source: Wikipedia)
Join us for a thought-provoking Network Age Briefing with David Weinberger on September 23 at 1pm EDT / 10am PDT to discuss “Is The Web REALLY Exceptional?” On August 28 of this year, David wrote:
“We hear “Internet” and we think an infrastructure of cables and radio signals, when in fact the Internet is a set of protocols that can be implemented over anything from copper wires to carrier pigeons.”
But then he goes on to say:
“In fact, I find myself understanding issues ever more frequently in terms of traditional structures becoming networks or taking on the properties of networks. E.g., news is a network, not a set of stories. Businesses ought to view themselves more and more as networks. Expertise is a property of a network. Leadership is a property of a network. Markets are networks within which conversations take place, natch. Networks are very much becoming our new paradigm.”
So, it appears we’re at a crossroads. Is the web just more of the same, just another communications medium, that happens to be in a trendy, well-funded wrapper? (Remember, there was a time when Citizen’s Band – CB – radio was going to change broadcasting, too.) Or are the web, and the Network Age, truly “exceptional?”
Join us!
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