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
Foolishness as a Fount of Robustness
It has often been said that information is at the heart of the current economic crisis: markets grind to a halt as opacity erodes trust
Du-Jour-ism: The Cost of Short Term Culture
Listening to the news media parrot politicians’ posturing over the AIG bonuses made me see some disturbing parallels. It seems that the search for A
Innoeduvation 