infosophy: Socio-technological Rendering of InformationInformation structures and information technologies do not develop in isolation. Similarly, the social structures in our society do not develop free from technological influence. The information technology and the social structures in our human society inform and shape each other.What if they gagged Gutenberg Big telecom is trying to throttle free access to democratic Internet- June 12, 2006 What if they gagged Gutenberg Big telecom is trying to throttle free access to democratic Internet Excerpts: Five-hundred years ago, we had Johann Gutenberg, a German metalworker and inventor who pioneered the precursor to the Internet. His printing press became the first practical mass communications medium utilizing what was then an advanced memory technology -- paper. Soon after, there was Martin Luther, a German theologian and priest who fervently believed the church had departed from the.http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/2006/06/what-if-they-gagged-gutenberg.html |