Reading David Weinberger’s book “Small pieces loosely joined {a unified theory of the web}” reminded me of the famous line from Frank Herbert’s “Dune” about travelling without moving. David Weinberger in one chapter describes our perception of space and how getting documents in the “real” world differs from going to documents on the Web. The Web folds space in a way that (most of) human knowledge is within our arm’s reach. Frank Herbert died before the Web came to pass. What would he think about his metaphor now?
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Gunnar // September 3, 2007 at 11:06 am |
and here I was, expecting a post about jamiroquai
pavel // September 3, 2007 at 11:47 am |
Me either!
trb // September 3, 2007 at 11:55 am |
And I learned about Jamiroquai when searching for the exact quote.
The Web warps space and time // September 4, 2007 at 12:04 am |
[...] Thomas has evidently been reading David Weinberger. He points out that The Web folds space in a way that (most of) human knowledge is within our arm’s reach. [...]