Shirkey's "Here Comes Everybody," attempts dryly, and repetitively, to show how social changes come through the advancement of technology. A valid point in his work is that a technology affects social rules and opportunities only when it has fully matured into wide use and acceptance in society. Such great length of time shows innovators that they might not ever see the full effect their creation has on the world, if it has any effect at all. Innovators will never be able to fully predict the influence they will end up having, but must place confidence in their creation and let society figure out the rules regarding it.
Do you think innovators would be pleased with seeing the full effect of their creation? Sometimes not seeing that may be better because the full effect could very possibly be negative.
ReplyDeleteI agree, also the effect of one innovation makes possible another innovation to perhaps solve the problem the first one created e.g. Facebook replaced e-mail as a way to involve your friends and family in your status.
ReplyDeleteSometimes society finds a different use than originally intended by the inventor, which can be good or bad.
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