Personal Democracy Forum 2008
Note by Ken Laureys:
Bio: Mark Pesce is an expert in social media, best known for his work blending VR with the Web to create VRML, the distant ancestor of Second Life. Pesce is an author, teacher, inventor, and well-known media personality in Australia. For the last four years has practiced "digital ethnology," studying the behavioral, cultural and political changes wrought by the new technologies of sharing and communication. Website: blog.futurestreetconsulting.com
Vital Statistics:
Job Title: co-inventor VRML
Web Site: blog.futurestreetconsulting.com
Mark Pesce — Hyper knesis connectivity
HyperPolitics
Wikipedia control or free editing to all
sharing made the unpleasant bearable
Sharing is the threat ...to the pretention of control & power of elites
Obama wins ...then what will he do with his huge network
He can't control them [and wouldn't want to anyway]
hyperconnectivity .... leads to ... hypermimesis...leads to ... hyper-empowerment
Vital Statistics:
Job Title: co-inventor VRML
Web Site: blog.futurestreetconsulting.com
Mark Pesce — Hyper knesis connectivity
HyperPolitics
Wikipedia control or free editing to all
sharing made the unpleasant bearable
Sharing is the threat ...to the pretention of control & power of elites
Obama wins ...then what will he do with his huge network
He can't control them [and wouldn't want to anyway]
hyperconnectivity .... leads to ... hypermimesis...leads to ... hyper-empowerment
