The Power of Networks: Knowledge in an age of infinite interconnectedness

Manuel Lima, senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing, explores the power of network visualisation to help navigate our complex modern world.

Listen to the full audio: www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-eve­nts/2011/the-power-of-networks-knowledge­-in-an-age-of-infinite-interconnectednes­s

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[TheButtonNose]

What is the name of the social bookmarking system at 6:10 that he said? I couldnt hear it properly. Thanks :)

[The RSA]

At 6 minutes in he is referring to the social bookmarking system Delicious.

[r3bol]

SOPA is like a giant cock block in all of this.

[Theodore Hoppe]

I wish he had talked about 'hubs" and how they can influence and even control networks.

[efessette]

in case with livejournal the problem is that it's now owned by russians and targeted primarily at russia/cis. that's why it is not interconnected with the rest of the internet -- it's just different segmentation.

[Benjamin Cruse]

Philosophically I find this fancinating, particularly the basics of 'networking' or 'classifying' things. To me, the connectedness of these complex networks is insane! It gives me a headache. 'Web of Life', don't get it confused with the 'Web of lies'.

[Mikhail Bukhtoyarov]

One of the best philosophical ideas of the last 2500 years. Trees (classifications, hierarchies, Aristotelian philosophy) vs Rhizome / Grass (networks).

This is a huge topic that we discuss with my students during philosophy classes. We always tend to find a proper tree and climb to the top (metaphorically), but evolution (and evolution of our knowledge) goes in the opposite direction :) 'The grass' (networks) concept make things far more complicated and interesting.

[TheMathShaman]

Use both. They're both awesome.

RSA, TED, Khanacademy, ViHart, PatrickJMT, Investopedia, CrashCourse, Wolframalpha, SciShow, codeacademy....

Just some of the educational resources available completely for free on the Internet.

Hell, while you're at it, go ahead and copypaste this comment if you like. It's useful information for everyone (better than copy-pasting stick figure memes), and I don't care if I'm noted as the original source or not.

[dogmagernav]

rizoma de chomsky