Saturday, April 23, 2005
The future of information technology?
I genuinely believe that technology will hyperaccelerate in the coming fifteen years, so rapidly that those of us who remember televisions, videocassettes, condoms, and CDs will be "old coots" at 36.
When it comes to communication technology, I also believe that media have epistemological weight. That is, I think that different ways of communicating promote different ways of thinking: television facilitates passive reception of ideas, and the cell phone reconceptualizes 'instantaneous' interpersonal communication, for examples.
These guys put together a five- or six-minute long Flash movie about the future of internet technology. It is silly. But it is also thought-provoking; doesn't it imply that technology is out of our control?
When it comes to communication technology, I also believe that media have epistemological weight. That is, I think that different ways of communicating promote different ways of thinking: television facilitates passive reception of ideas, and the cell phone reconceptualizes 'instantaneous' interpersonal communication, for examples.
These guys put together a five- or six-minute long Flash movie about the future of internet technology. It is silly. But it is also thought-provoking; doesn't it imply that technology is out of our control?
