Has technology, convinced of its own rectitude, lost its sense of moral direction? Disruptive innovation is one of those terms that worms its way into our vocabulary, a bit like built-in obsolescence or upselling. It’s become the mantra of the tech world, awhich sees its author Clayton Christensen, as a sort of messiah of the changes… Read More »
Here’s a BBC piece which the World Service broadcast recently. This isn’t Reuters content. It’s taken us a long time to get to here, but I think I can safely declare us as, dextrously speaking, back before the caveman. If we had stumbled into your average cave in about 40,000 BC, we might have chanced… Read More »
Here’s a great example of the Internet as it should be: A font of constantly updated knowledge — available for free. By Jeremy Wagstaff (WSJ, FEER) Feb. 16, 2004 6:56 pm ET (original is here (paywall)) Wouldn’t it be great if there was a place on the Internet where educated folk pooled their knowledge for… Read More »