Comments on: The Return of the Village http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/ …he still dreamed of cyberspace…bright lattices of logic unfolding across that colorless void… Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:04:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: JimBob51 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-21 JimBob51 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:17:28 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-21 The Social Aspect of the Internet certainly grows and the sense of community continues to develop. We have seen examples in the last few days of how the community will quickly gather around when a member of the community is threatened in anyway and when they feel down and lonely. I remain concerned that the paradigms of life and the human evolutionary part of the spiritual being still remains aloof, unprotected and is being denied. I shall be interested if the sense of community will grow to a deeper and stronger place than before given perhaps the relative anonymity allowed by being behind the keyboard. A great article and very thought provoking. JimBob51s last blog post..<a href="http://aoede-jimbob.blogspot.com/2008/07/twitters-diggs-pliggs-and-plurks.html" rel="nofollow">Twitters, Diggs, Pliggs and Plurks???</a> The Social Aspect of the Internet certainly grows and the sense of community continues to develop. We have seen examples in the last few days of how the community will quickly gather around when a member of the community is threatened in anyway and when they feel down and lonely.
I remain concerned that the paradigms of life and the human evolutionary part of the spiritual being still remains aloof, unprotected and is being denied. I shall be interested if the sense of community will grow to a deeper and stronger place than before given perhaps the relative anonymity allowed by being behind the keyboard.
A great article and very thought provoking.

JimBob51s last blog post..Twitters, Diggs, Pliggs and Plurks???

]]> By: thePuck http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-20 thePuck Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:56:05 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-20 @XIII The internet is an eternal frontier town. @XIII
The internet is an eternal frontier town.

]]> By: XIII http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-19 XIII Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:16:18 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-19 I miss the frontier town, and I love the post. I miss the frontier town, and I love the post.

]]> By: thePuck http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-18 thePuck Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:25:45 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-18 @Jennifer I think you make some good points. There is a strong divide in socio-economic classes with access to modern technologies in the US. However, in Japan, India, and some parts of the EU, public cost internet in being instituted on large scales. Similar projects have been proposed here in the US, with them soon fading away to the interests of the ISPs. But nonetheless, there is a strong enough cut across socio-economic class-lines that my contacts list runs the gamut from working class to rich. While there are no truly poor in that mix, I think it is just a matter of time before computers and online service is like TV and electricity...luxury items once, moving away from that now, and soon most people will have them, until eventually everyone has them (even the poorest household). @Jennifer
I think you make some good points. There is a strong divide in socio-economic classes with access to modern technologies in the US.

However, in Japan, India, and some parts of the EU, public cost internet in being instituted on large scales. Similar projects have been proposed here in the US, with them soon fading away to the interests of the ISPs.

But nonetheless, there is a strong enough cut across socio-economic class-lines that my contacts list runs the gamut from working class to rich. While there are no truly poor in that mix, I think it is just a matter of time before computers and online service is like TV and electricity…luxury items once, moving away from that now, and soon most people will have them, until eventually everyone has them (even the poorest household).

]]> By: Jennifer http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Jennifer Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:31:34 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-17 On the one hand, I certainly agree that the web allows for interactions that would never happen in the 'real world'. On the other hand, I'd caution against taking that too far. "These [communities] transcend physical location, age, and social class" - really? I'll give you physical location and age, but social class? I don't think there is nearly enough recognition among those who are active in these online communities that there is a definite bias to the socioeconomic class of who is participating. Only those with a certain level of affluence in the first place are able to be online so much. I'm not saying everyone online is 'affluent', but the vast majority are at least lower-middle-class and somewhat educated. I just don't think we should be patting ourselves on the back about how diverse our communities are without also recognizing which sections of society are missing. On the one hand, I certainly agree that the web allows for interactions that would never happen in the ‘real world’. On the other hand, I’d caution against taking that too far. “These [communities] transcend physical location, age, and social class” – really? I’ll give you physical location and age, but social class? I don’t think there is nearly enough recognition among those who are active in these online communities that there is a definite bias to the socioeconomic class of who is participating. Only those with a certain level of affluence in the first place are able to be online so much. I’m not saying everyone online is ‘affluent’, but the vast majority are at least lower-middle-class and somewhat educated. I just don’t think we should be patting ourselves on the back about how diverse our communities are without also recognizing which sections of society are missing.

]]> By: Jock Gill http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Jock Gill Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:57:34 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-16 To make this more concrete, consider the relocalization projects for Food & Energy. Community Supported Agriculture is the more developed of the two, but Community Supported Energy is emerging. Distributed solutions are going to replace many of the old centralized ones. They are more resilient and more secure. -- Jock To make this more concrete, consider the relocalization projects for Food & Energy. Community Supported Agriculture is the more developed of the two, but Community Supported Energy is emerging. Distributed solutions are going to replace many of the old centralized ones. They are more resilient and more secure. — Jock

]]> By: Jax Wechsler http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Jax Wechsler Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:01:58 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-15 Nice post. I totally agree that the internet gives us a place to be more human. (Very Clue Train) I curated a presentation for some ad folk called Humans, Marketing and the Web a while back . It's visual and is a kind of a narrative.... and reflects some of my thoughts on this topic. Have a peek if you like... http://tinyurl.com/6lfuku Jax Jax Wechslers last blog post..<a href="http://jaxinteractive.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/nokias-n96-face-the-task-campaign/" rel="nofollow">Nokia’s N96 Face the Task Campaign</a> Nice post.
I totally agree that the internet gives us a place to be more human.
(Very Clue Train)
I curated a presentation for some ad folk called Humans, Marketing and the Web a while back . It’s visual and is a kind of a narrative….
and reflects some of my thoughts on this topic.
Have a peek if you like…
http://tinyurl.com/6lfuku
Jax

Jax Wechslers last blog post..Nokia’s N96 Face the Task Campaign

]]> By: David Bridger http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-14 David Bridger Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:26:49 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-14 Thank you! YOu've said here exactly what I've been thinking recently, and said it so much better than I can. Actually, I woke early this morning thinking about the "What is Plurk?" question a friend asked yesterday, and with the word "village" in my mind. David Bridgers last blog post..<a href="http://dbridger.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/brainstorming-a-modern-novel-of-letters/" rel="nofollow">Brainstorming a modern Novel of Letters</a> Thank you! YOu’ve said here exactly what I’ve been thinking recently, and said it so much better than I can.

Actually, I woke early this morning thinking about the “What is Plurk?” question a friend asked yesterday, and with the word “village” in my mind.

David Bridgers last blog post..Brainstorming a modern Novel of Letters

]]> By: timelady http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-13 timelady Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:44:10 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-13 Thank you both for the encouragment:) Thomas, it was a bit unclear, thank you for clarifying! Thank you both for the encouragment:) Thomas, it was a bit unclear, thank you for clarifying!

]]> By: Thomas Johnson http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/philosophy/the-return-of-the-village/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Thomas Johnson Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:25:57 +0000 http://socialmediaphilosophy.com/?p=74#comment-12 @timelady It is now apparent to me that my comment comes across quite different to what I intended. I thought the article was great and was just agreeing with what you said. @timelady It is now apparent to me that my comment comes across quite different to what I intended. I thought the article was great and was just agreeing with what you said.

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