well said!
Don't forget the impact of party line phones to create a social network.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:34 AM, <Editorgary@aol.com> wrote:
> Since I edit print magazines, I've been spending a lot of time thinking
> about these new means of communications that are (no joke, I'm totally
> serious
> here) revolutionized our civilization to the same extent that occurred when
> movable type and literacy eventually wiped out minstrels, messengers and
> oral traditions in the 14-18 centuries. Only this time it's happening in
> the
> space of two generations.
>
> in any case, what Facebook really amounts to is the capability for each
> person to form his own Healey List among his own friends, tailored exactly
> to
> his own interests, which allows him whenever he wants to maintain
> conversations and exchange photographs with a circle of friends and
> acquaintances of
> his own choosing. We like the Healey List because we all share this one
> interest in common, but now each person can have his or her own list. If we
> wanted
> to create a Healey Facebook List (and I'm sure there already are several,
> we could replace this list with that group almost instantaneously.
>
> And everyone is right -- as this new method of communication has developed,
> the concepts of privacy that were workable when the printed word was the
> only way to save information and distribute it are dead and gone unless
> you've
> always been living totally off the grid, paying in money or barter, and
> living a life where you never ever had to sign your name.
>
> Welcome to the brave new world, old print/paper guys.
>
> Gary
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