I was given a Physics textbook that is 99 years old. In looking at the discussion of the electrical potential of gasses, I realized how much the science of electricity has changed in the interim. It raises the question about the history of the Internet in the post creation era. Here are the questions. 100 years from now what will scholars be writing about the current literature and studies? What will the state of science be? What will be folklore and what will be the state of formal knowledge? If you comment, please speculate as an informed scholar. (on-list or off-list). James --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.
I was recently thinking about this when I stumbled upon http://www.adultswim.com/shows/athf/movie/indexLb.html (has sound) and I thought to myself "My children will never understand this". The upcoming generations will be so used to a smooth flowing internet, both in visual appearance and usability, that they will look at the web pages we have now like the way I look at Technicolor movies and ask "This was revolutionary?" -Ellie On 4/18/07, James Whyte <whyte.james@yahoo.com> wrote:
I was given a Physics textbook that is 99 years old. In looking at the discussion of the electrical potential of gasses, I realized how much the science of electricity has changed in the interim. It raises the question about the history of the Internet in the post creation era. Here are the questions.
100 years from now what will scholars be writing about the current literature and studies? What will the state of science be? What will be folklore and what will be the state of formal knowledge? If you comment, please speculate as an informed scholar. (on-list or off-list).
James
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Then again, perhaps not. It's nearly 2015, and I'm still waiting for my hoverboard and flying Delorean... Seriously, though, with all these "Clean Slate Internet" projects on the rise, predictions about how the Internet itself will look seem pointless. Internet research -- at least, socially-themed research -- may take place more often in social science departments and less often in computer science departments, in contrast to what is the norm these days. As mobile devices become more powerful and commonplace, the distinction between the "virtual world" and the "real world" may no longer be very useful. I'd also imagine that many more sociologists, anthropologists, etc. will discover that stranger and more revealing human activities are taking place in the global village than in remote primitive ones. If more of these scholars migrate to the field of Internet research, we'll all be much better off, I think. Kurt -- Kurt Luther Ph.D. Student, College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia, USA Ellie Wix wrote:
I was recently thinking about this when I stumbled upon http://www.adultswim.com/shows/athf/movie/indexLb.html (has sound) and I thought to myself "My children will never understand this". The upcoming generations will be so used to a smooth flowing internet, both in visual appearance and usability, that they will look at the web pages we have now like the way I look at Technicolor movies and ask "This was revolutionary?"
-Ellie
On 4/18/07, James Whyte <whyte.james@yahoo.com> wrote:
I was given a Physics textbook that is 99 years old. In looking at the discussion of the electrical potential of gasses, I realized how much the science of electricity has changed in the interim. It raises the question about the history of the Internet in the post creation era. Here are the questions.
100 years from now what will scholars be writing about the current literature and studies? What will the state of science be? What will be folklore and what will be the state of formal knowledge? If you comment, please speculate as an informed scholar. (on-list or off-list).
James
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For more on speculation about the future and the internet, see the 2007 Webby Awards Honoree: http://www.imaginingtheinternet.org Janna -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Ellie Wix Sent: Wed 4/18/2007 7:34 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] A Crystal Ball I was recently thinking about this when I stumbled upon http://www.adultswim.com/shows/athf/movie/indexLb.html (has sound) and I thought to myself "My children will never understand this". The upcoming generations will be so used to a smooth flowing internet, both in visual appearance and usability, that they will look at the web pages we have now like the way I look at Technicolor movies and ask "This was revolutionary?" -Ellie On 4/18/07, James Whyte <whyte.james@yahoo.com> wrote:
I was given a Physics textbook that is 99 years old. In looking at the discussion of the electrical potential of gasses, I realized how much the science of electricity has changed in the interim. It raises the question about the history of the Internet in the post creation era. Here are the questions.
100 years from now what will scholars be writing about the current literature and studies? What will the state of science be? What will be folklore and what will be the state of formal knowledge? If you comment, please speculate as an informed scholar. (on-list or off-list).
James
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Hmmm ... Ellie, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force web site is a parody of the worst personal web page ever. The fire-breathing poodle was the tip off for me. I would agree that your children wouldn't understand it (heck, I don't even understand it). Just like we don't understand Spike Jones records, like Der Fuehrer's Face. Regards, Dan Prives Where Most Needed The Charity Industry Blog http://www.wheremostneeded.org
It is, but that is why it is so great. It's like seeing an extinct species walking the earth again. On 4/19/07, Dan Prives <dprives@gmail.com> wrote:
Hmmm ...
Ellie, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force web site is a parody of the worst personal web page ever. The fire-breathing poodle was the tip off for me.
I would agree that your children wouldn't understand it (heck, I don't even understand it).
Just like we don't understand Spike Jones records, like Der Fuehrer's Face.
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