The most significant consequence of the information revolution involves the ease with which information can be shared. Like all good Americans I believe in the purity of the free market (to some extent). A free market in information shares one amazing quality with a free market in pricing- efficiency!
At any given time scholars all around the world are seeking answers to the same questions. As I type a blog pondering collaboration in information synthesis at 10pm in New York, someone is learning about it in a classroom on the other side of the world in their 10am class. The idea that they can instantaneously take advantage of my epiphany is the marvel that is facilitating technological advance faster than anytime in history. In an analogy the advantage of the United States has been to recruit diversity from around the world (e.g. Albert Einstein). Information collaboration achieves this same advantage exponentially. Essentially, information collaboration is everything that makes America great, on steroids.
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I think I see where you are going with this post! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject
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