In this article Malcom Gladwell writes on whether or not blogging is a derivative medium, pigyybacking on the coattails and requiring traditional media. Chris Anderson of Long-Tail fame defends the (I think rather tenuous) position that it isn’t.

Regardless of which side of this polemic one […]

Jarod Lanier, in his article in Edge, DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism [5.30.06] points out the shortcomings of using the hive-mind or digital comunalism as a guide to knowledge in […]