Comments on: Your are what your search results return and so are your kids

By: sohbet

sohbet — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:14:28 +0000

On the one hand, a trend towards very unique names (especially combinations of first & last names) – anyone with a unique name has a much higher chance of being accurately found in the new age of search – and of thus starting out with an advantage (this holds true of businesses as well – there is a taqueria here in San Francisco I was told was very good – however the name of it is \”Taqueria San Francisco\” – next to impossible to find via searches…

By: trturkey

trturkey — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:25:47 +0000

I for once 100% agree with you hands down.
Privay is dead. Talking on aim is a preferred mode of communication for many people, and even that is being out moded by text messages

By: meyabilisim

meyabilisim — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:54:43 +0000

I for once 100% agree with you hands down.
Privay is dead. Talking on aim is a preferred mode of communication for many people, and even that is being out moded by text messages

By: kumpas

kumpas — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:41:04 +0000

As parents we wont pay attention or even attempt to understand the lifelong consequences of our actions. The pull of sharing dance class and report cards and recital videos with family and friends will be just too strong.

I agree that +1 really true

By: Shannon Clark

Shannon Clark — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:59:04 +0000

Mark,

An interesting side effect of what you describe is I would predict two related trends around baby names.

On the other hand a countertrend – towards highly common name combinations – for privacy through not obscurity but rather through sameness. Anyone named \”John Smith\” \”June Kim\” etc will likely blend into a sea of 1000\’s of people online with the same names – disambiguating just who that news article or flickr photo is a photo of will be challenging – and likely next to impossible.

I run into a specialized aspect of this almost every day. I am male. My name, Shannon, is one that both men and women (at least here in the US, in other countries it is more likely male) can have. Every day someone emails, calls, or mails me assuming I\’m female (I can tell often by their hesitation on the phone when I identify myself).

Shannon

By: GDR

GDR — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:41:36 +0000

Can you Say Truman Show? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Show

By: JD

JD — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:19:35 +0000

I think in 100 years there will be a lack of interest in the majority of the electronic information available today. For example, do we really care what a 1907 miner thought about his new sledgehammer? Most people today blog about stuff like that and it will be lost in the shuffle. The majority of stuff that was lost (or never recorded) in 1907 is no loss any more than losing the recordings of useless information today would be.

The internet is the largest collection of inaccurate and useless information the world has ever seen.

I\'m feeling cynical today.

By: Gzel Szler

Gzel Szler — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:58:41 +0000

Think about how hard it is for historians and archaelogists to piece together what life was like 1,000 years ago. They are dealing with a paucity of information and have to construct narratives based on the little information that they have.

By: superdave

superdave — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:52:59 +0000

I for once 100% agree with you hands down.
Privay is dead. Talking on aim is a preferred mode of communication for many people, and even that is being out moded by text messages

By: bobby

bobby — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:53:14 +0000

I agree with your concept, however we have to be very carefull about security and protecting the beautiful documented life histories of our future genrations. We should be concerned about privacy and safety.

just my .02

bobby