Now you will know I’m a little loonie. In a former life I spent a lot of time studying chemistry and mathematics and I have
Information and Fairness
Insider trading is a classic example of the instrumental value of information and it reminds us of how markets are socially constructed (not in the
On Getting Scooped : TEOTUAWKI*
They closed the comments on Mark Taylor’s OpEd “End the University as We Know It” before I could get one in, so I’m posting it
Friends of Friends
I’ve been thinking about social networks today, and how they grow. In particular, I’ve noticed that sometimes when I “make” a new friend on Facebook,
Whose Information?
Robert Smith had a piece (“Sept. 11 Families Want Confidential Files Released“) on NPR’s Morning Edition today that dovetails nicely with a number of posts
Information Rot
A whole chapter in my book on the sociology of information will be about information permanence and impermanence and so this posting by David Pogue
Innoeduvation 