Industrial information economy
stark bifurcation between producers and consumers
june 2002 – deep discomfort in Computing community
4.5 million users of SETI@Home outdid the supecomputers
radicall decentralization of computation, storage and capacity
we are in a situation where we have the tools to cocmm
the most important inputs in to the core economic activities of the most advanced exonomies, are widely [...]
Lot of growth in people relying on internet for political info
early days (1996) population was small, predominantly white, male, young, upper income
now looks like a lot more like the rest of america
53% now male – then 63%
median age in 1996 – 33
median age in 1996 – 39
women and minorities have grown as well
relative value [...]
blogging late, from the memory
We should all be able to change our name at age 21 (laugh from the crowd) – in reference to there being more info out there, sometimes posted by us or others, that we don’t necessarily want to remember, or more importantly share
Access to info unprecedented now – more and more [...]
At PDF today – huge crowd – packed house
Showed up late, leaving early