Notflat

the internet is not ﬂat ethan zuckerman manchester, nh - october 21, 2008

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geeks and librarians are both obsessed with information photo by striatic

connecting across cultures

connecting across cultures cultural bridges

connecting across cultures cultural bridges 1980’s arena rock

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photo by lcars

I said, “Look sir, there isn’t a person in this Embassy who would believe that story– going to try out for Journey!– not a soul would believe that. Except for me. I saw you sing last Friday and I couldn’t shut up about how your vocals were perfect Steve Perry. So I tell you what. I’m giving you that visa.You’re going to try out. And you’re going to make it….”

why is is this such a surprise why this a surprising story?

the connected world

photo by Paul Keller

despite the infrastructure of connection we often connect badly or fail to connect photo by xeni

Mike Berry, aka Shiver Metimbers

My dear friend - I know this correspondence will come as some surprise. I beg your indulgence as circumstances force me to contact you in such unusual circumstances. For you see, I am being held prisoner by the brutal Spanish King. Were you to assist me in attaining my freedom, I would amply reward you, not only in gold and land, but with the hand of my eldest daughter in marriage. You need only remit sufﬁcient funds so I may bribe the guards, and our joint success is assured.

“I Go Chop Your Dollar” Nkem Owoh, aka Osuoﬁa

Mode9 - “419 State of Mind, part 2”

disconnect

photo by Sebastià Giralt

photo by Dr. Zaro

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stories on Google News, September 8, 2008

Cartogram by Alisa Miller, showing attention in television news, February 2007

most emailed most blogged

Reddit users: 92% male 70% US-based 68% student or IT industry 43% Democrat 29% Libertarian 6% Republican

homophily photo by Cobalt123

professional collaborative personal

homophily can make you stupid photo by James@NZ

paper edition - 25 links, 200+ words online edition - 300 links, 20 words

photo by Joshua Targownik photo by chotda

photo by David Weinberger persuasive technology

serendipity photo by massdistraction

Given all the voices to listen to mosaic by stabillo boss

why connect?

photo by atomicshark photo from China Digital Times

photo by Luke Robinson

photo by respres

Economic opportunity Security Humanitarian obligation

fascination

ﬁltering translation context

montage by keso

- he xie - “Harmonize” - sange daibio - “3 Represents” - he xie - “River Crab” - dai sange bio - “Wears 3 watches”

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bridge bloggers

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Nutritional Information Contents: Sports (55%), Gossip (20%), Local News (15%), Editorial (5%), Iraq (4%), other international news (1%). Warning: this product contains less than the USDA recommendations for international news. Prolonged use may lead to political ignorance and apathy.

build bridges

engineer serendipity photo by subpop77

resist homophily photo by FortPhoto

be a xenophile photo by david sasaki

don’t stop believing

thank you. ethanzuckerman.com/blog globalvoicesonline.org

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