Naughton: “The strange thing about living through a revolution is that it’s very difficult to see what’s going on. … We’re living through a radical transformation of our communications environment. … Often, these interpretations are compressed into vivid slogans, memes or aphorisms: information ‘wants to be free’; the ‘long tail’ is the future of retailing; ‘Facebook just seized control of the internet’, and so on. … Here’s a radical idea: why not see if there’s anything to be learned from history? … So let’s conduct what the Germans call a Gedankenexperiment – a thought experiment. Imagine that the net represents a similar kind of transformation in our communications environment to that wrought by printing. What would we learn from such an experiment? … The most common – and still surprisingly widespread – misconception is that the internet and the web are the same thing. They’re not. … Disruption is a feature, not a bug. … The internet’s disruptiveness is a consequence of its technical DNA. … Think ecology, not economics. … Complexity is the new reality. … [Common] strategies are unlikely to work in our emerging environment, where intelligence, agility, responsiveness and a willingness to experiment (and fail) provide better strategies for dealing with what the networked environment will throw at you. … The network is now the computer. … The Web is changing. … Huxley and Orwell are the bookends of our future. … Our intellectual property regime is no longer fit for purpose. … The sad fact is that if there is a ‘truth’ about the internet, it’s rather prosaic: to almost every big question about the network’s long-term implications the only rational answer is the one famously given by Mao Zedong’s foreign minister, Zhou Enlai, when asked about the significance of the French Revolution: ‘It’s too early to say.’ It is.“
[…] Google + Verizon vs. Net Neutrality? Jarvis on the Google-Verizon framework: Mobile is the Internet, will soon become a meaningless word; http://j.mp/dzpbQP […]
Gerrit Eicker 11:54 on 21. June 2010 Permalink |
Naughton: “The strange thing about living through a revolution is that it’s very difficult to see what’s going on. … We’re living through a radical transformation of our communications environment. … Often, these interpretations are compressed into vivid slogans, memes or aphorisms: information ‘wants to be free’; the ‘long tail’ is the future of retailing; ‘Facebook just seized control of the internet’, and so on. … Here’s a radical idea: why not see if there’s anything to be learned from history? … So let’s conduct what the Germans call a Gedankenexperiment – a thought experiment. Imagine that the net represents a similar kind of transformation in our communications environment to that wrought by printing. What would we learn from such an experiment? … The most common – and still surprisingly widespread – misconception is that the internet and the web are the same thing. They’re not. … Disruption is a feature, not a bug. … The internet’s disruptiveness is a consequence of its technical DNA. … Think ecology, not economics. … Complexity is the new reality. … [Common] strategies are unlikely to work in our emerging environment, where intelligence, agility, responsiveness and a willingness to experiment (and fail) provide better strategies for dealing with what the networked environment will throw at you. … The network is now the computer. … The Web is changing. … Huxley and Orwell are the bookends of our future. … Our intellectual property regime is no longer fit for purpose. … The sad fact is that if there is a ‘truth’ about the internet, it’s rather prosaic: to almost every big question about the network’s long-term implications the only rational answer is the one famously given by Mao Zedong’s foreign minister, Zhou Enlai, when asked about the significance of the French Revolution: ‘It’s too early to say.’ It is.“
Social Relations « Wir sprechen Online. 08:40 on 4. July 2010 Permalink |
[…] Pew (PDF): The social benefits of internet use will far outweigh the negatives over the next decade; http://j.mp/cvP4W5 […]
Living in the Cloud « Wir sprechen Online. 18:39 on 21. July 2010 Permalink |
[…] in the Cloud Wortham: How close are we to moving our lives entirely into the cloud? http://j.mp/cbgbmU […]
Reputation and the End of Forgetting « Wir sprechen Online. 08:49 on 22. July 2010 Permalink |
[…] and the End of Forgetting First existential crisis of the Net: the impossibility of erasing your posted past and moving on; http://j.mp/amPXhp […]
Google + Verizon vs. Net Neutrality? « Wir sprechen Online. 15:28 on 10. August 2010 Permalink |
[…] Google + Verizon vs. Net Neutrality? Jarvis on the Google-Verizon framework: Mobile is the Internet, will soon become a meaningless word; http://j.mp/dzpbQP […]
Net Neutrality: Facebook vs. Google « Wir sprechen Online. 23:57 on 11. August 2010 Permalink |
[…] Facebook vs. Google Facebook breaks with Google: continues to support net neutrality for landline and wireless networks; http://j.mp/a4Yvzb […]
Deutschland und das Netz « Wir sprechen Online. 12:18 on 12. August 2010 Permalink |
[…] und das Netz Breuer: Deutschland und das Internet, das ist eine lange, komplizierte Beziehung; http://j.mp/a72wxw […]
The Internet, Our Thinking « Wir sprechen Online. 07:57 on 15. August 2010 Permalink |
[…] Internet, Our Thinking Naughton: Is the internet changing the way we think? Affecting the way we think for the worse? http://j.mp/apBvu3 […]
Management « Wir sprechen Online. 11:45 on 24. August 2010 Permalink |
[…] WSJ: The end of management. Corporate bureaucracy is becoming obsolete; http://j.mp/c0ANnd (via @heinz) […]
Facebook Privacy VII. « Wir sprechen Online. 14:28 on 30. August 2010 Permalink |
[…] Privacy VII. Solis: The idea of privacy and publicity are at odds. Facebook and the new age of privacy; http://j.mp/bzi0ug […]
Wikiing « Wir sprechen Online. 10:51 on 1. September 2010 Permalink |
[…] Gardner: Everyone brings crumbs of knowledge to the task, if they do not, we are the lesser for it; http://j.mp/9hjTsa […]
FCC and Net Neutrality « Wir sprechen Online. 06:48 on 8. September 2010 Permalink |
[…] and Net Neutrality Zittrain: There are moves FCC could make to create net neutrality rules in absence of a new statute; http://j.mp/cAI6qf […]
The Net Was Never Really Neutral « Wir sprechen Online. 06:46 on 9. September 2010 Permalink |
[…] Net Was Never Really Neutral Shapiro: Why the net was never really neutral anyway and how both sides are missing the point; http://j.mp/dmB7ja […]
4G Will Change Everything! « Wir sprechen Online. 00:26 on 10. September 2010 Permalink |
[…] Will Change Everything! 4G, 3.9G (LTE) to be serious, will give the Internet a boost like landline broadband did before; http://j.mp/9f0PEY […]
Counter-revolution « Wir sprechen Online. 07:01 on 17. September 2010 Permalink |
[…] Economist: The internet has been a great unifier. Powerful forces are threatening to balkanise it; http://j.mp/a3Rwse […]
Facebook Goes HTML5 « Wir sprechen Online. 07:35 on 23. September 2010 Permalink |
[…] Zuckerberg on Web and HTML5: I am not going to build software. I am not going to build for a phone; http://j.mp/92wQdE […]
Local Business: Online and Offline « Wir sprechen Online. 09:38 on 27. September 2010 Permalink |
[…] Cheney: We are on a new frontier of mobile commerce and life after check-ins looks pretty good; http://j.mp/9sW3ea […]
Massenkommunikation 2010 « Wir sprechen Online. 11:06 on 27. September 2010 Permalink |
[…] ARD/ZDF: Print verliert, Radio und TV relativ stabil, Internet legt zu. Massenkommunikation 2010; http://j.mp/9H6h2D […]
Medienkomplementarität « Wir sprechen Online. 11:20 on 28. September 2010 Permalink |
[…] Riepls Gesetz der Medienkomplementarität wird durch das Internet endgültig ad absurdum geführt; http://j.mp/9c5XpK […]
Das Internet ist Primärmedium « Wir sprechen Online. 10:49 on 13. October 2010 Permalink |
[…] Acta: Das Internet ist Primärmedium. Fernsehen, Zeitung, Zeitschriften, Radio verlieren deutlich; http://eicker.at/Acta2010 […]
Two Internets? « Wir sprechen Online. 10:04 on 11. November 2010 Permalink |
[…] Lasar: How will we know when the Internet is dead? Are we moving towards two Internets? http://eicker.at/TwoInternets […]
Information Monopolies « Wir sprechen Online. 11:44 on 14. November 2010 Permalink |
[…] WSJ: Do away with Google? Break up Facebook? We can not imagine life without them, and that is the problem; http://eicker.at/1e […]
Web Defence « Wir sprechen Online. 18:34 on 20. November 2010 Permalink |
[…] Berners-Lee: The Web is critical to the digital revolution, prosperity, liberty. It needs defending; http://eicker.at/TheWeb […]
Digital Distraction vs. Utilisation « Wir sprechen Online. 15:41 on 23. November 2010 Permalink |
[…] Growing up digital, wired for distraction; http://eicker.at/1m vs. open ideas about utilizing technology; http://eicker.at/1n […]
eMail vs. the New Messaging « Wir sprechen Online. 10:32 on 29. November 2010 Permalink |
[…] Cringely: eMail will never completely die, but I feel it has lost critical mass and is fading rapidly; http://eicker.at/eMail […]
Mobiles Internet « Wir sprechen Online. 10:23 on 10. December 2010 Permalink |
[…] Rayport: Mobilfunk und mobiles Internet verändern das menschliche Leben in epochaler Weise; http://eicker.at/MobilesInternet […]
FCC: Game Over for Net Neutrality? « Wir sprechen Online. 20:12 on 21. December 2010 Permalink |
[…] FCC gives government power to regulate web traffic; http://eicker.at/FCC Wozniak: Keep the Internet free! http://eicker.at/Free […]
2B « Wir sprechen Online. 09:42 on 14. January 2011 Permalink |
[…] Royal Pingdom: The Internet of 2010 in numbers. 107T eMails (89.1% spam), 1.97B onliners, 255M websites; http://eicker.at/2B […]
Social Internet « Wir sprechen Online. 08:31 on 19. January 2011 Permalink |
[…] Pew (PDF): The internet is now deeply embedded in group and organizational life in America; http://eicker.at/SocialInternet […]
The Internet: Lack of Competition « Wir sprechen Online. 19:19 on 20. January 2011 Permalink |
[…] Schachinger: A lack of competition tramples our privacy, is closing the open Internet; http://eicker.at/Competition […]
The Royal Society: 350 Years of Enlightenment « Wir sprechen Online. 10:14 on 24. January 2011 Permalink |
[…] Possibly, even probably, there would be no Internet without 350 years of enlightenment by The Royal Society; http://eicker.at/RS […]
Passive Experience « Wir sprechen Online. 10:51 on 1. February 2011 Permalink |
[…] GlobalWebIndex: Open web turns to packaged internet, passive experience to rise; http://eicker.at/PassiveExperience (via @rww) […]
Entertainment Platforms « Wir sprechen Online. 16:48 on 3. February 2011 Permalink |
[…] GlobalWebIndex: Internet platforms are increasingly the entertainment platform of choice; http://eicker.at/PassiveExperience […]
If This Then That « Wir sprechen Online. 16:03 on 8. February 2011 Permalink |
[…] ifttt, short for: if this then that, makes the Internet programmable, triggers actions to channels; http://eicker.at/ifttt […]
Proprietary Ecosystems « Wir sprechen Online. 11:55 on 20. February 2011 Permalink |
[…] Making business and systemic risks in proprietary ecosystems: Twitter suspends UberMedia; http://eicker.at/ProprietaryEcosystems […]
The Audience is Listening. Online. « Wir sprechen Online. 07:02 on 28. May 2011 Permalink |
[…] Every media sector is losing audience now except online; http://eicker.at/NewsMedia2011 […]
Internet Censorship: SOPA and PIPA « Wir sprechen Online. 09:50 on 18. November 2011 Permalink |
[…] Internet censorship made in the USA: SOPA and PIPA are a major attack on Internet freedom; http://eicker.at/InternetCensorship […]
TINSTAAFL « Wir sprechen Online. 08:27 on 20. November 2011 Permalink |
[…] Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch: and there is no exception for #TINSTAAFL on the Internet; http://eicker.at/TINSTAAFL […]
Entertainment « Wir sprechen Online. 08:08 on 3. December 2011 Permalink |
[…] The Internet is for information only? Not anymore! Pew: it’s for diversion and a destination; http://eicker.at/Entertainment […]
Local Business « Wir sprechen Online. 11:29 on 17. December 2011 Permalink |
[…] Pew: The Internet is the source that people most rely on for material about local businesses; http://eicker.at/LocalBusiness […]
Internet Access: a Human Right? « Wir sprechen Online. 11:36 on 6. January 2012 Permalink |
[…] A UN report declared Internet access a human right last summer: Cerf argues why it’s not; http://eicker.at/InternetHumanRight […]
Online Piracy and an Open Internet « Wir sprechen Online. 12:20 on 16. January 2012 Permalink |
[…] White House: Combating Online Piracy while Protecting an Open and Innovative Internet; http://eicker.at/PiracyInternet #SOPA […]
The Open Web « Wir sprechen Online. 15:17 on 8. February 2012 Permalink |
[…] The Internet and Web are, need, and will stay open – this gorgeous discussion proves it once again; http://eicker.at/OpenWeb […]
Communications Through the Network « Wir sprechen Online. 07:26 on 30. April 2012 Permalink |
[…] Hyperconnectivity: when all people and all things communicate through the network; http://eicker.at/Hyperconnectivity […]