Comments on: Is the Internet Intelligentsia Disconnected from the Enterprise World? http://armchairtheorist.com/2009/02/04/is-the-internet-intelligentsia-disconnected-from-the-enterprise-world/ All conjecture, minimal substance Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jon http://armchairtheorist.com/2009/02/04/is-the-internet-intelligentsia-disconnected-from-the-enterprise-world/#comment-1959 Jon Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:39:18 +0000 http://armchairtheorist.com/?p=949#comment-1959 I definitely can't say I disagree, Didier. On one hand, the wonders of social media and technology empowers us to reach out and interact with a potential online audience magnitudes wider than what was possible 5 years ago. Even the most introverted of individuals in real life today can be rockstars in the online realm. But on the other hand, the oftentimes inhuman nature of online interactions makes us lose the empathy we need as human beings to bind people together and create the "social capital" that you stated. Jason Calacanis recently blogged about this exact topic - about the loss of human empathy in this new online world. A good read, if you haven't seen it yet. http://calacanis.com/2009/01/29/we-live-in-public-and-the-end-of-empathy/ I definitely can’t say I disagree, Didier.

On one hand, the wonders of social media and technology empowers us to reach out and interact with a potential online audience magnitudes wider than what was possible 5 years ago. Even the most introverted of individuals in real life today can be rockstars in the online realm.

But on the other hand, the oftentimes inhuman nature of online interactions makes us lose the empathy we need as human beings to bind people together and create the “social capital” that you stated.

Jason Calacanis recently blogged about this exact topic – about the loss of human empathy in this new online world. A good read, if you haven’t seen it yet.

http://calacanis.com/2009/01/29/we-live-in-public-and-the-end-of-empathy/

]]> By: didier grossemy http://armchairtheorist.com/2009/02/04/is-the-internet-intelligentsia-disconnected-from-the-enterprise-world/#comment-1954 didier grossemy Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:10:16 +0000 http://armchairtheorist.com/?p=949#comment-1954 Are we connected or socially disconnected… I personally believe that technology has reduced our social capital—the relationships that bind people together and create a sense of community. Consequences include decreased civility, loss of behavioural boundaries and increased crime. We must find ways to deal with our profound loss of social connectedness. Even though technological advances have contributed significantly to the problem of isolation, the emphasis on individualism in today’s society has compounded it. Are we connected or socially disconnected…
I personally believe that technology has reduced our social capital—the relationships that bind people together and create a sense of community. Consequences include decreased civility, loss of behavioural boundaries and increased crime. We must find ways to deal with our profound loss of social connectedness.
Even though technological advances have contributed significantly to the problem of isolation, the emphasis on individualism in today’s society has compounded it.

]]> By: Jon http://armchairtheorist.com/2009/02/04/is-the-internet-intelligentsia-disconnected-from-the-enterprise-world/#comment-1947 Jon Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:48:44 +0000 http://armchairtheorist.com/?p=949#comment-1947 Yeah... what's going on? We've been agreeing on way too many things recently to be healthy. ;) Yeah… what’s going on?

We’ve been agreeing on way too many things recently to be healthy. ;)

]]> By: Stephan H. Wissel http://armchairtheorist.com/2009/02/04/is-the-internet-intelligentsia-disconnected-from-the-enterprise-world/#comment-1946 Stephan H. Wissel Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:09:08 +0000 http://armchairtheorist.com/?p=949#comment-1946 Hey - we once again agree. There is a serious disconnect. If you translate the headline into reality it would more read like: "Nobody (including Microsoft) cares for Outlook express anymore, so consumers use Online eMail and Gmail being the perceived champion". But such a headline would be boring. Giving them the benefit of a doubt: it looks like the topic wasn't set with factual accuracy in mind but with the deliberate intention to stir controversy. Looking from that angle the post was spot on: controversy arose. eMail clients are only rivaled by cars and sports teams in their personal emotional attachment. Hey – we once again agree. There is a serious disconnect. If you translate the headline into reality it would more read like:
“Nobody (including Microsoft) cares for Outlook express anymore, so consumers use Online eMail and Gmail being the perceived champion”.
But such a headline would be boring. Giving them the benefit of a doubt: it looks like the topic wasn’t set with factual accuracy in mind but with the deliberate intention to stir controversy. Looking from that angle the post was spot on: controversy arose. eMail clients are only rivaled by cars and sports teams in their personal emotional attachment.

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