Title slide
the end of cyberspace in the age of
convergence
alex soojung-kim pang, ph.d.
askpang@gmail.com
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presented at “philosophy of telecommunications convergence”
budapest, hungary, 29 september 2007,
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what is cyberspace?
Cyberspace consists of transactions, relationships, and thought
itself, arrayed like a standing wave in the web of our
communications. Ours is a world that is both everywhere and
nowhere, but it is not where bodies live. (John Perry Barlow)
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ideas + practices
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ideas + practices
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3 features of convergence
always on
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3 features of convergence
mobile
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3 features of convergence
hand
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3 features of convergence
lightning
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the end of cyberspace
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the end of cyberspace
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the opportunity
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the opportunity
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the opportunity
The concept of 'ready-at-hand' now wondrously crosses the
physical/virtual boundary. Ideally, we’ll all reach a state of
being like the blind man in Heidegger's story: he feels the
handle of the cane, but once he starts walking, the handle
disappears and he feels as if he were directly touching the
world. (John Seely Brown)
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