maandag 27 oktober 2014

Vooruitgang of nieuwigheid?

"So if the future is possible today, why is it still the future?"

Om DJ Shadow te citeren: "It's the money." En de gebrekkige samenwerking tussen apparaten. Aldus Christian Cantrell in 'The future is disappearing: How humanity is falling short of its grand technological promise' (Salon.com). Hij maakt ook een belangrijk onderscheid tussen vooruitgang en nieuwigheid:

Progress is about increasing access to information and media as opposed to imposing artificial restrictions and draconian policies; it’s about empowering the world to do more than just shop more conveniently, or inadvertently disclose more highly targetable bits of personal information; it’s about trusting your customers to do the right thing, providing real and tangible value, and holding yourself accountable by giving all the stakeholders in your business the ability to walk away at any moment. And it’s about sometimes taking on a challenge not only for the promise of financial reward, but simply to see if it can be done, or because you happen to be in a unique position to do so, or because humanity will be the richer for it.

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