great review of douglas rushkoff's book
my fav quotes from Venessa:
- If we agree to categorize ourselves based on the choices available, we become more predictable, our potential for exposure to novelty narrows, and we conveniently transform into statistics for consumer research and targeted advertising.
- In some instances, all this tagging and categorization based on preferences is valued for the personalization it gives us and assistance in decision making. But, we should be aware that there is a point where a trade-off is being made, and we begin to voluntarily limit our perspectives and ability for growth.
- No amount of reading or theorizing can replace prototyping, testing, and experiential learning and knowledge building.
- In fact, it seems the closer you are to the actual creation of value, the further you get from the money.
- In essence, we’re all marketing to each other instead of just doing the thing we’re advocating.
- by approaching the digital experience with the understanding that nothing is really off the record, we can shape our online identities by being willing to own the words we say.
- As Rushkoff put it, “The history of the Internet can probably best be understood as a social medium repeatedly shaking off attempts to turn it into something else.”
- Like Buckminster Fuller said: You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
via @zephoria
also from danah boyd
the 2011 horizons report
wondering in the critical challenges if we flipped - went bottom up for importance. specifically, organizing, tagging/coding video documentation, esp conversation. (humanity 4.0 - all about convo)
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