Re: Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Look up Augmented Reality. I think that may be the answer. It allows for the combining of the internet with the real world, digital information becomes more locational, with all the advantages of instant global communications. Digital information starts to interact with real objects around us, telling us all we need to know. Knowledge from human memory becomes less important, replaced by contextual information given to you where ever you are whenever you need it.
Limitless possibilities!

That depends on what your idea of a limit is. To some people, not being able to escape the global telecommunications network would be seen as a limitation.

lol true..
At least technology can be turned off, in that event.

btw, I'm glad Wesch affirmed the good job. :-)

Do you happen to know if anyone has written academically on this debate? I'm interested in extending it to the use of language IRL - if one is bilingual, for instance, when does one choose a monolingual form to communicate with another bilingual who has a different mother tongue, and when does one choose to change the form of communication - Say i grew up Czech and learned English in school, and you grew up speaking Spanish - do we go for English or Spanish-interpreter-Czech?

Hi Cory - intriguing. I think your critique is constructive, especially: "..technology is moving towards increasingly sophisticated imitations of reality. We're not rethinking humanity, we're rethinking technology." (from a comment of yours "2 years ago")

I think it is possible for you and Wesch to both be right, you each highlight coexisting implications. How did he respond and do you have anything written in traditional academic form?

Wesch responded to me privately, saying that he thought it was a good reply but not engaging in any sort of debate over it ^_^

Right now, the only academic work I have is in the field of Museum and Heritage Studies... nothing on this topic.

maybe the internet is just an extension of our neurological network in a continuing evolving universe of which we are only a link...or maybe not.

nope. you are right and I am wrong.