Listening to Steve Coll, nothing much has really caught my interest or popped out at me. But there was this one point in his lecture that he discussed about which did catch my attention. Although we had already discussed it several of times, it still manages to always catch my interest. The point that he brought up was why he thought our technical era was different compared to other technical changes in the previous decades. In this section of the lecture, he discussed three main points: Big data, why the world is so topsy turby from a computer scientist (from google) standpoint, where the most important information and arguments should be made, and how social media has turned it upside down. In those three points, he discussed about how the technology is different today because they actually coexist with each other. He said, " the new media does not change older forms of media but simply diminishes it. The changes create a coexistence."
In a way, the paper forms of media are not fading or going to be extinguish but it's just minimizing it. He also claimed that we live in an era of many to many (many compete with many) instead of one to one (compete). Lastly, from there he talked about how unexpected revolutions are in the norm. This whole section towards the end was a very interesting section that caught my attention. I agree with Steve Coll, the original paper forms won't be completely extinct but just used at a minimal. Because technology is increasing, they have to coexist with each other and support each other.
My question for this part of the lecture is: If it only diminishes the paper forms of information, does it have the ability to completely extinguish it?
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