"The smartest person in the room is the room itself"- David Weinberger
When all information is easily attainable, who in the end holds the knowledge? The room itself (computers), act as an encyclopedia of all there is to know at any given time of the day. So where does this leave us? We are the connectors of information, the link necessary to take the knowledge and make connections with it. Without the capabilities to do so what good would knowledge have? Everyone is at a level playing field having the insight to follow a trail of information that leads us into further discussion. Now with the ability to search anything at any given time we can better our path of knowledge and focus on the speed of ideas in a more in depth manner.
However, is anyone agreeing on anything? Now that new information paths are being discovered new topics arise only confusing the idea of truth. With the unlimited amount of information you are able to find on the internet we have now found ourselves in a place where a lot of people agree with something and a lot of people disagree. How does this change the definition of truth? This confusing state that we are currently in will only expand as technology increasing and old habits phase out. By having the smartest person in the room be the room itself leaves us with a array of connections and ideas being processed by the people able to access them.
You bring up some interesting points. I believe media makes it harder to find one clear answer but I don't think that this is bad because nothing in the world is black and white anyway.
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