The World Is Now Closed

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The World Is Now Closed
There is a world of difference between the sentence "You have no friends" and "Your xBox says you have no friends." One is a statement of fact about the world. The other is a statement about the xBox's understanding of the world. Of the two, only the second is likely top be true. Social networking sites do not have some sort of special knowledge about the world, and according to the author, they shouldn't communicate as though they do. Attribution of statements will become increasingly important. More...