NETWORKS: The techonomic ether
Networks is a broad category that is profoundly influenced by telecommunications and information technologies that better connect people. But just as important as connecting is what we are able to communicate and share over a network. As Networks technologies improve, they enhance how we accumulate and share knowledge, and create potential to make the world more intimate and democratic, which in turn creates further network effects in all aspects of human endeavor. Gutenberg’s printing press triggered the Renaissance. What will the Internet trigger?
Networks Techonomic Multipliers:
- Gutenberg’s printing press
- Telegraphy and telephony
- Radio and television
- Computers, software and the microprocessor
- The Internet and interactive media
Industries: Telecommunications & Information Technology, Media, Entertainment, Higher Education, the Fine Arts. These are driven by advances in media technologies, which in turn are driven by progress in math, physics, IT and design. Even the arts respond to these advances, as does global culture.