Venkatesh Rao@vgrThe 17th century was widely framed as the 'Enlightenment' in the 19th. 200 years from now, what will they call the transformation we're in?5:15 AM · Sep 15, 2014
John@PynchonInPublic·Sep 15, 2014Replying to @jamesmcn@jamesmcn @vgr I hadn't thought of it in these terms before, but the run up to the Scottish independence vote feels like a liminal space.2
Erik@ModesVu·Sep 15, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr Digitization of production and infrastructure -> fixed costs become variable. Siloed corporations and economies of scale irrelevant.1
Erik@ModesVu·Sep 15, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr Meaning that industrialism is replaces by interactionism; multilateral communication replaces broadcast messages. Users shape products.1
Howard@hayeah·Sep 15, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr the Ephemeralization. Technologists will be remembered, not thinkers.12