It discusses how the internet has allowed for mass collaboration and mass innovation and what this spells for the future. I'm not finished it, but it has been an interesting read so far. You can read the first few chapters here.
For this course, I've had to do a lot of research about the relationship between the internet and society. I've noticed that is very important to pay attention to the date of the papers I'm reading for this subject, since this relationship is constantly evolving. 'We-Think' was published in 2008, which seems fairly recent. However, that was a full four years ago! I don't even know if I had a Facebook account back in 2008. I've looked at some papers from 2004, and even 2000 on subject; but while I'm reading them, all I can think about is how my home computer was still running Windows 98 during the time.
This is just a constant reminder of how new this virtual world is and how quickly it can change. The current internet is an entirely different animal than it was in 2000, and I need make sure I consider this in my research.
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