Re: The Random Information Age

[chris () blask org]

--- On Mon, 5/10/10, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:

> The irony of the information Age is that it has given new respectability to  uninformed opinion.         
>         - John Lawton
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/07/f-vp-pittis-free-market-meltdown.html

Yes, but as the government monopoly on information they *would* say that.

The shape of information flow is yet to be determined in this age, but it has certainly become more difficult to 
monopolize.  I have yet to see evidence that Wikipedia (for example) is less accurate and authoritative than a 
store-bought encyclopedia.  

If the new flow of information forces people into the Darwinian cycle of having to make actual choices about what they 
believe - well, then:

Good.

-chris


      

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