The "Social Nervous System"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Kimi Wei <kim () thewei com>
Date: March 12, 2009 10:12:02 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: The "Social Nervous System"

http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/09/internet-innovations-hive-technology-breakthroughs-innovations.html?feed=rss_technology

The Rise Of The Social Nervous System

... the Internet is, at bottom, a communications network, and  
communication is the foundation of society, business and government.  
When you scale up communications, you change the world. ...

Emergency Response
The Mumbai attacks showcased the use of Twitter as a real-time, peer- 
to-peer information service. Throughout the event, people twittered  
the movement of the attackers. The police were on the service  
admonishing people not to disclose their own movements. Though there  
was criticism of whether or not the details were accurate (the BBC was  
criticized for integrating Twitter into its reporting), the larger  
point is that this real-time communication system influenced the  
physical behavior on the ground in Mumbai. This is a key point about  
the social nervous system: It coordinates (and sometimes directs)  
physical activity in the world.


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