In recent years, the Center for the Study of Digital Life has stepped up and taken a more public posture. We are now a sizable cohort. We've published articles, given interviews, taught summer schools, and, it seems, attracted some attention. Timing has a lot to do with this. That said, however sharp one's observations might be, for them to have an audience, the preparations must be laid. The popular subconsciousness has to be ready to consider "outlying" thinkers. Technology has to do its destabilizing work. New paradigms must be welcomed (or feared). Shocks can then turn into heightened efforts at awareness.
In recent years, the Center for the Study of Digital Life has stepped up and taken a more public posture. We are now a sizable cohort. We've published articles, given interviews, taught summer schools, and, it seems, attracted some attention. Timing has a lot to do with this. That said, however sharp one's observations might be, for them to have an audience, the preparations must be laid. The popular subconsciousness has to be ready to consider "outlying" thinkers. Technology has to do its destabilizing work. New paradigms must be welcomed (or feared). Shocks can then turn into heightened efforts at awareness.
Mark Stahlman, President of CSDL