24th January 2010

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omnivore’s dilemma

our world has always been one of production and consumption, and more recently we’ve made it one of mass-production and mass-consumption.  meat, agriculture, electronics, plastic everywhere! but what about the intangibles, like information?

on the metaphorical food chain of the tubes, where do you put wikipedia/nyt/etc? tweets, blogs, yelp check-ins, diggs, aardvark/quora questions… there is a lot being produced and a lot being consumed.  as with their tangible counterparts, i wonder what rules/standards/norms will form.  what is the intangible version of free-range chicken?

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