Comments on: Never Loose Your Voice Again - It’s Your Future http://redcatco.com/blog/communication/never-loose-your-voice-again-its-the-future/ People Technology Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:39:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Benjamin http://redcatco.com/blog/communication/never-loose-your-voice-again-its-the-future/#comment-1732 Benjamin Tue, 13 May 2008 07:44:44 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=468#comment-1732 Very true! Language is a curious thing, and technology has made it even more curious. For those of us with food and shelter, we are left free to pursue ever more odd activities! There is definitely a line between disposable speech and valuable knowledge - something that wiki's demonstrate well - but the meta-conversation says a lot too, the change long on a wiki page can tell you as much as the page sometimes! Not that everything written is valuable of course... As text and speech start to intertwine it think it will throw up some interesting issues and change communication, just as e-mail and the mobile phone did. It will be interesting to see what us "pan narrans" do! Very true! Language is a curious thing, and technology has made it even more curious. For those of us with food and shelter, we are left free to pursue ever more odd activities!

There is definitely a line between disposable speech and valuable knowledge - something that wiki’s demonstrate well - but the meta-conversation says a lot too, the change long on a wiki page can tell you as much as the page sometimes!

Not that everything written is valuable of course… As text and speech start to intertwine it think it will throw up some interesting issues and change communication, just as e-mail and the mobile phone did.

It will be interesting to see what us “pan narrans” do!

]]> By: Terence Eden http://redcatco.com/blog/communication/never-loose-your-voice-again-its-the-future/#comment-1730 Terence Eden Tue, 13 May 2008 06:26:43 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=468#comment-1730 In "The Science of Discworld II" Terry Pratchett refers to humans not as "homo sapiens" - the wise man - but as "pan narrans" - the storytelling ape. I think that fits in with what you're saying abouy how we communicate. It's interesting how closely our externalising of knowledge and social grooming are intertwined - from dedications in books to facebook's wall, we can see who is important to those in our peer group and what knowledge they wish to share. Even if 90% of it is "OMG ur onfacebook 2! LOL!!!11!1!ONEHUNDREDANDELEVEN!!" In “The Science of Discworld II” Terry Pratchett refers to humans not as “homo sapiens” - the wise man - but as “pan narrans” - the storytelling ape. I think that fits in with what you’re saying abouy how we communicate.

It’s interesting how closely our externalising of knowledge and social grooming are intertwined - from dedications in books to facebook’s wall, we can see who is important to those in our peer group and what knowledge they wish to share. Even if 90% of it is “OMG ur onfacebook 2! LOL!!!11!1!ONEHUNDREDANDELEVEN!!”

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