"Does the social web kill genius?"
Paul Sutton’s unseen dangers of social media
expresses the fear that
"sacrificed" for the "collective intelligence" of the social network. If
society's innovative powers are diminished along with the rise of the
social media, that would compromise society's viability,
since social problems demand creative solutions.
A lack of creativity = too high a price to pay for whatever productivity
gains can be found in an increasingly socially-mediated world.
expresses the fear that
- ...language may suffer
as we get more and more used to txt speak and fitting as much info as
we can into as smaller number of characters as we can... are we losing
the ability to ‘consider’? And more importantly, are we sacrificing
individual IQ for ‘collective intelligence’? Don’t get me wrong, collective intelligence is extremely powerful. But where is the next Newton, Einstein or Hawking coming
from? Does
the social web kill genius?
"sacrificed" for the "collective intelligence" of the social network. If
society's innovative powers are diminished along with the rise of the
social media, that would compromise society's viability,
since social problems demand creative solutions.
A lack of creativity = too high a price to pay for whatever productivity
gains can be found in an increasingly socially-mediated world.
