A quiet social revolution
Monday, May 03, 2010
12:20 PM
A quiet social revolution
Google allows their scientists to post to blogs instead of publishing papers, and let reference counts substitute for citations! 
Reason: regular scientific publishing impedes progress!
Google tools advocate a socialistic approach to knowledge: 
There is no undo in Wave; if you call someone a jerk, it's recorded forever.
The average young person is much less concerned about personal privacy than someone my age…
… but much more concerned about security!
There is a growing understanding of an subscription to the idea of "digital reputation"; that reputation is more valuable than knowledge. 
These social trends are much more likely to solve the cloud's problems than any technical fixes we might make. 