I found this article quite insightful as it describes contemporary reactions
to various technological developments. 

 

First graf: 

A respected Swiss scientist, Conrad Gessner, might have been the first to
raise the alarm about the effects of information overload. In a landmark
book, he described how the modern world overwhelmed people with data and
that this overabundance was both "confusing and harmful" to the mind. The
media now echo his concerns with reports on the unprecedented risks of
living in an "always on" digital environment. It's worth noting that
Gessner, for his part, never once used e-mail and was completely ignorant
about computers. That's not because he was a technophobe but because he died
in 1565. His warnings referred to the seemingly unmanageable flood of
information unleashed by the printing press.

 

Key quote:

The writer Douglas Adams observed how technology that existed when we were
born seems normal, anything that is developed before we turn 35 is exciting,
and whatever comes after that is treated with suspicion.

 

Full article here: http://www.slate.com/id/2244198/pagenum/all/

 

I will be speaking on Web 2.0 at MER this year and this will be one of the
themes I address. 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of myself and no other company,
organization, association, entity, or board of directors,

 

Jesse Wilkins, CRM, CDIA+, ecmm, emmm, ermm

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(303) 574-0749 direct

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jessewilkins 

 


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