You have an incredible way of breaking down and rationalizing a lot of internet culture things that are on my mind! Loved this post! I also wonder if social media has accelerated the phases of idea dissemination... ideas seem to go belly up (i.e go through the phases) faster than they did before widespread adoption of social media.
Really interesting piece. Do you think it's inevitable that ideas will go through some variation of the process? Or is it possibly for a sufficiently dedicated group of geeks / fanatics, armed with this model, to avoid the cringe and backlash phases by keeping the ideas "pure".
This article reminds me immediately of the Age of Enlightenment and I can’t help but make comparisons with current day idea exchanges.
What are your thoughts on the effect of technology on the idea cycle? Do we view the Age of Enlightenment with a bias that only great ideas were generated or was there a benefit to the slower cycle of ideas when technology and literacy rates slowed down the evolution of an idea. Did the slower rate of idea dissemination allow for ideas to mature more before entering the mainstream?
You have an incredible way of breaking down and rationalizing a lot of internet culture things that are on my mind! Loved this post! I also wonder if social media has accelerated the phases of idea dissemination... ideas seem to go belly up (i.e go through the phases) faster than they did before widespread adoption of social media.
Really interesting piece. Do you think it's inevitable that ideas will go through some variation of the process? Or is it possibly for a sufficiently dedicated group of geeks / fanatics, armed with this model, to avoid the cringe and backlash phases by keeping the ideas "pure".
This article reminds me immediately of the Age of Enlightenment and I can’t help but make comparisons with current day idea exchanges.
What are your thoughts on the effect of technology on the idea cycle? Do we view the Age of Enlightenment with a bias that only great ideas were generated or was there a benefit to the slower cycle of ideas when technology and literacy rates slowed down the evolution of an idea. Did the slower rate of idea dissemination allow for ideas to mature more before entering the mainstream?