Prior to the telegraph, information was mostly presented in books and organized for the purpose of deepening our understanding and wisdom. But with the telegraph, information increasingly became a commodity in itself, something that could be bought and sold. Its price was determined by how fast and how far it traveled, not whether it was meaningful or useful.”

– Shane Hipps, Flickering Pixels p.67

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the web and how it has affected how we interact with information. I’d like to explore if the web can truly be a multi-dimensional space in a connective sense, or if it is by nature uni-dimensional. Is the web a plane or a sphere?

Also, how do the responsibilities of those who create the web reflect the responsibilities of those who create the physical spaces in our world? More and more the web is viewed as a “place,” though the architects of the internet are viewed in a much different way than the architects of our brick-and-morter existence. I wonder if this is how it should be.

Baby steps. More soon.