Are we entering an era where individuals gain new control over their public personas, and powerful means to leverage reputations? Or will we be forced to abandon any hope of protecting our privacy and trusting what we encounter online? When is more information the solution… and when is it the problem?
At Supernova 2008, Wharton Professor Andrea Matwyshyn leads a discussion featuring Bruce Schneier (BT Counterpane), Fran Maier (TrustE), and Gerard Lewis (Comcast).
Session Video: Privacy and Security in the Network Age
| Supernova Staff | July 10th, 2008 | 2007, Video
Noted Internet thinker and author Clay Shirky delivered one of the opening “provocations” at Supernova 2007. Using a 1300-year-old Japanese shrine as a metaphor, Clay explained how the New Network changes the basic dynamics of business and collective creativity.
Video: Clay Shirky on Love, Internet Style
| Supernova Staff | July 10th, 2007 | 2007, Video
David Weinberger is the author of, most recently, Everything is Miscellaneous, which argues that bottom-up information swarms are emerging from our “new digital disorder,” potentially to the benefit of both customers and businesses. Andrew Keen is the author of Cult of the Amateur, which claims that “today’s Internet is killing our culture.”
The contrast between these two viewpoints illuminates crucial issues about our economy and our society. At Supernova 2007, David and Andrew presented the central ideas of their books, and then sat down for an at-times intense debate about the consequences of our increasingly decentralized world.
Video: Andrew Keen and David Weinberger at Supernova 2007
| Supernova Staff | July 9th, 2007 | 2007, Video
