In the university library, we know when a book has been used in a class or put on reserve... or while it was out, did somebody call it back in. It turns out to be a pretty good indicator of how relevant the work is at that time. David Weinberger backbookcall share on social
History keeps teaching us that we can't recognize the important events that are going to trigger changes. David Weinberger eventhistoryimportant Change image and share on social
In the digital age, we filter forward instead of filtering out. As a result, all that material is still available to us and to others to filter in their own ways, and to bring forward in other contexts. David Weinberger agebringcontext share on social
How your social network - the people that you know, or in your community - understand or value a work can be... a tremendously relevant indicator of how important or meaningful it's going to be to you. David Weinberger communityimportantindicator share on social
If explicit metadata is a real problem, it raises problems that just can't be solved. It's not that we're not good at it; it's the problems cannot be solved because we're not going to agree about these deep questions of how we organize. David Weinberger agreedeepexplicit share on social
Because books are written by individuals, it has often made knowledge seem like the product of individuals, even though everybody has always understood that individuals are working within the social network. David Weinberger bookindividualknowledge share on social
We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge. David Weinberger acceptculturallydiversity Change image and share on social
Knowledge in the Internet Age - networked knowledge - is becoming more like what knowledge has been in the past few hundreds years for scientists: it's provisional; it's a hypothesis that is waiting to be disproved. David Weinberger agedisprovehundred share on social
With the new medium of knowledge - the Internet - knowledge not only takes on properties of that medium but also lives at the level of the network. David Weinberger internetknowledgelevel Change image and share on social
The degree to which campaigns have become dominated by marketing is breaking the spirit of democracy, and we're all just so sick of it, across party lines. David Weinberger breakcampaigndegree Change image and share on social
