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- A multilevel
analysis of
sociability,
usability, and
community
dynamics in an
online health
community: ACM Trans.
Comput.-Hum.
Interact.,
Vol. 12, No.
2. (June
2005), pp.
201-232.
Source: ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact., Vol. 12, No. 2. (June 2005), pp. 201-232. - Collective
Intelligence: (15 January
1997)Pierre
Levy sees us
as moving past
an information
economy into
an economy
based on human
interactions;
a social
economy. While
the idea may
seem
startling,
given our
current
emphasis on
all things
monetary, his
reasoning
makes you stop
and give
careful
thought to
ideas you may
not have
considered
before. As
technology
advances, Levy
points out,
it's capable
of taking on
more and more
advanced
tasks--first
simple labor
and now the
processing of
information.
As these
capabilities
become easier
and well
within
everyone's
reach, their
value
declines. But
the one thing
that is beyond
the reach of
pure
technology is
the
construction
and
maintenance of
social
interactions.
What
technology can
do, however,
is make it
easier for
humans to
interact over
greater
distances and
around
obstacles.
"Our
humanity,"
Levy writes,
"is the most
precious thing
we have."
Levy, who is a
professor in
the department
of hypermedia
at the
University of
Paris, then
predicts that
we will take
greater
control of
that value and
everything
related to it
as we use
technology to
organize
ourselves into
what he calls
Living Cities.
Here, physical
location is
less important
than the
interactions
of its
members, and
not
surprisingly,
the lack of
territorialiti
es will
challenge
present
methods of
governance.
Levy insists
we are in the
early moments
of an
historical
paradigm shift
of the
magnitude of
the
Renaissance.
And yet he
avoids wild
utopianism,
keeping a
clear eye on
the realities
and challenges
inherent in
any great
transformation
, complete
with ample
opportunities
for things to
go wrong. What
emerges,
however, is a
different way
of viewing the
possible
future, and
plenty of
reasons for
asking why
this utopian
vision isn't
attainable.
Source: (15 January 1997) - The City: (15 January
1989)
Source: (15 January 1989) - Bowling Alone
: The Collapse
and Revival of
American
Community: (07 August
2001)
Source: (07 August 2001) - Better
Together :
Restoring the
American
Community: (01 September
2003)
Source: (01 September 2003)
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