Reading Response to: “The Work of Knowledge”

SHARED KNOWLEDGE. "Discussing differences while standing on a shared ground, we work towards understanding." Philosophers are lonely thinkers.  Through conversations things that we know are not "interesting to talk about." In a conversation our thoughts are released less edited, versus the philosopher's paper that is well thought through. "Paper drives thought into our head" while …

Reading Response to: “Social Knowing”

Weinberger, David. 2008. Everything is miscellaneous: The power of the new digital disorder. New York: Holt. (Amazon) His Twitter account: twitter.com/dweinberger In a first few paragraphs David Weinberger introduces a social royalty of the highly hierarchical order - the his/her majesty the Editor.  Ultimately editors decide what to put together and how to organize it.  …

Reading Response to: “The Geography of Knowledge”

Chapter 3 reflection: Leave it up to religion, specifically Christianity, to become a problem... aside my personal views, this chapter has broadened my understanding on the issue of categorizing and information sorting methods. For me the decimal system of Melvil Dewey mean absolutely nothing, I understand a number is assigned, but how does it get …

Reading Response to: “The New Order of Order” & “Alphabetization & Its Discontent”

Chapter 1 - "The New Order of Order" great first chapter! it talks about the three order of orders: Sorting, Cataloging and Digitizing. The bits define gravity, they are easier to search through and they are by far more sustainable then the first two ways of order. Everything has its place, every book, product, item, …