Though a christian- who would be tempted to not listen [some of the wrods of the speaker would offend] yet this talk is very good and insightful- whihc is the wonder of the internet- being able to connect respectfully with all cultures. Thank you my friend- wish you had more time
This video was incredibly good and im glad we have internet were you can upload stuff:) That said everything in the video is more or less correct and most certainly deserves more views/attention than what it has gotten so far.
@Tony Sinclair I think it's worth bearing in mind that he is talking about this in the context of start up companies. Successful new businesses should tap in to the new social network phenomenon. But yes I agree we can't just stop teaching technological revolutions over ithe information one. On the other hand it makes me wonder why we do not teach these concepts in school. The history of information is actually really important. l.
His comments about agriculture etc. bugged me too (love listening to history lectures) but these bad examples don't take away the fact that people finally could pass on their wisdom and culture through language to people they never met. The first steps toward a scientific method. And yes, we still need people but more and more of these people have access to the internet, which influences the way they live.
He wasn't talking about bank cards, he was talking about business/visiting cards... That is cards with your companies information, e-mail adress and phone number. Nowadays you just go "Look us up online"...
Look, he is not mediocre. You most likely seen the website TED, now think of it there, you get information from the edge of science but anyone can go their and learn either way. When you explain the solar system to your son you will only go to the product of knowledge. Now you can get his published material i be happy to help you find it, or you could just admit the flaws of your comment. He is not a thinker he is a sociologist at a university that proven with others that this is true.
Why the hell did they give him a chalk board that is basically standing on the floor?? It should be elevated ffs! They are breaking the poor mans back.
I really enjoyed watching this and think he made some very interesting points but there are a couple of things I disagree with. For a start you can buy Gravitonas on iTunes. Secondly I live in Britain & most people still have bank cards.
He's saying writing lead to the beginning of what became feudal society. Not the invention of agriculture. It's in-line with roughly what we refer to the bronze age, not the neolithic revolution. It took longer for writing to disseminate and cause paradigmatic change, but it did eventually. The printing press for example happened faster. Also, we already do live online. There are parts of India with no running water but have an internet connection. Learn to metaphor
I don't agree with his 100% streaming theory. If you don't have access to physical back-ups to your data (ie: CDs for music, flash storage for most everything else), once your connection to the "cloud" is lost, so is all of your information.
You are right, but it's going in that direction. More and more. Of course people have pictures on their phones etc, but as the availability to the internet progresses, the more phone companies will focus on a cloud storage rather than a hard drive in the phone. It would make for more room in the phone to play with, which could mean stuff like more battery time etc. He speaks of a world we've entered. A revolution that has begun, but it's not yet over. Things happen right now, very rapidly
Streaming data makes for many evil critters being able to drain it from a location. Data will always have to be stored in a location just like paper money needs to be held in your hands before it's spent
No, Mr. Bard. Just no. No, writing didn't lead to the invention of agriculture, domestication, or permanent settlements. Those predate the invention of writing by thousands of years. If anything, it's the other way around. And we can't all live online. We still need people to grow our food, build our houses, fix the plumbing and hook up the electricity. That's not going away just because we have the internet now. In short, you have overstated the importance of information revolutions.
Soon, robots will do all those tasks - you're thinking linearly, not exponentially. All 'work' is pointless and very little is required to keep a citizen of earth comfortable.Although, I disagree with his position of being dependant on the cloud since the EU and America are watching citizens and individuals may be targeted without warrant and every thought you've ever had will be put under a microscope, used against you if desired.That and clouds mean more centralization which is obviously bad.
He's a pretty mediocre thinker. Most of this is regurgitation of what we've known since we first started plugging our phone lines into modems. He also parodies his own major point about stone/bronze age - making our current time period the next big evolution. It's funny that every civilization thinks of itself as the next great turning point. The fact that we exist, despite the odds, is the turning point. The rest is the stone roll picking up momentum.
