Two-Orders-of-Magnitude Overload Conjecture
RSS aggregators give users, especially early adopters of new technologies, a two-order-of-magnitude (i.e. 100x) ‘power boost’ in dealing with the ‘knowledge flow’ whipping around us. But whenever there’s a three, four, five, or six order-of-magnitude (i.e. 1000x, 10,000x, 100,000x, or 1,000,000x) spread of ‘adopters of new technologies’, not only are such technologies not new any more, but a two-order-of-magnitude ‘power boost’ is insufficient. This phenomenon itself is not new, but history tells us there are three ways to go: more power, more knowledge, new technology. …
Read my full posting on the subject over on Get Real.
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