Bacon

As a self-described bacon trailblazer, I was a little surprised that those in the bacon community on Twitter were automatically assumed to be robots.

With this exception, I found the reading and podcast to be accurate. I was particularly moved by the comparison made between information on the internet and viral infections. Not that "going viral" is anything new, but the idea that information that spreads quickly is dangerous was profound. That said, I don't think we're ever going to slow things down now, so I wonder how our relationship with information will evolve. Perhaps society will grow to be more critical of information (and we've wanted that all along, right?). I think we can already see this new kind of information savvy in my generation (I'm thinking about how my mom clicks on spam links that I would never dare to click on!).

Social media presents another problem -- it leads us to equate popularity with value. Of course, this was (frustratingly) happening before social media, but it certainly seems worse now. Some people get upset over the number of facebook "likes" they get!

How far will it all go? My prediction: pretty far, but then I bet we'll see a repudiation of "internet behavior" and a return to more authentic (loaded word, I know) human interactions. At least I hope we do. Because as a self-described shy introvert, I'm increasingly finding myself the most "social" of my acquaintances and friends. Well, not social in the facebook sense.

 P.S. IMSLP is great! I use it all the time. I suppose some might have a problem with the particular editions uploaded on the site. Then again, as I wrote in my last post, I'm not a purist when it comes to editions.