While explaining his concept of
embodiment, Kevin Kelly (2008) mentions, “the web is a black hole that is
sucking everything into it”. I agree with this statement because I believe the
web is comparable to libraries in recent past and folklore in ancient past.
While explaining the restructuring
of the architecture of the web, Kelly (2008) mentions that we are transitioning
from the stages of “linking computers,”
to “linking pages,” to “linking data”. I agree with this statement because I believe
the web is comparable to the mail system of in recent past and hieroglyphics in
ancient past.
While explaining codependency,
Kelly (2008) mentions, “our environment will become the web”. I agree with this
statement because I believe that the interconnectedness of our current society,
(due to computers), is comparable to that of the developed connectedness of
ancient societies through the development of language and discovery of
mathematics.
References
Kelly,
K. (2007, December). Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the Web
[Speech]. Speech delivered at the EG 2007 Conference, Los Angeles. Retrieved
from http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html
