wilbanks keynote nfais 2012
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Keynote slides as delivered at the NFAIS 2012 meeting. Theme was "the emerging new normal".TRANSCRIPT
THIS NEW NORMAL YOU SPEAK OF DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?
SMALL CHOICES INNETWORK DESIGNMAKE BIG CHANGESIN NETWORK OUTCOMES.
great for reducingtransaction costs
attractive to big institutions and companies
old normal.
new normal?
for the hub, it’s afantasticnew normal
great forfairness and scale
when allowedto evolve…
great for unintended
consequences
ARE YOU LOGGEDINTO TWITTERRIGHT NOW?
1. YES2. NO
don‘t care how, I want it now…
wherever I am…
on every device.
THERE IS ALSO AN ECONOMICDIMENSION
14,000 articles @ $1350 each
$18,900,000
in 2011
THERE IS ALSO A MORALDIMENSION
THERE IS ALSO A SCIENTIFICDIMENSION
HAVE YOU EVEREMAILED A COPY OF A PDF TO A COLLEAGUE?
1. YES2. NO
new normal?
new normal?
“normal” peopleare becoming
sensorssensed
processorsparticipants
DATAPUBLICATIONIS NOT A MAGIC ANSWER.
“data mining = the data are mine”“you can’t possibly understand it”“i need to protect my postdocs”
“i might get sued”“someone else might find the key”
“i‘m not paid to make data for others”“it’s not secure”
publish now?
publish now?
publish now?
HAVE YOU EVERCURATED A DATASET BY YOURSELF?
1. YES2. NO
SCENARIO 1
RADICAL INCREMENTALISM
ACRONYM WARS!
ACRONYM WARS!
frpaarwa
sopa pipa
civil disobedience
routing aroundthe damage
SCENARIO 2
A TALE OF TWO SH*TS
I AM GOING TO CURE MY CANCERIN MY GARAGE
I AM GOING TO CURE MY CANCERIN MY GARAGE
sh*t #1: bullsh*t
#2: holy sh*t!
NOTICE: EXTREMEABSENCE OF TRADITIONALINFORMATIONPLAYERS
SCENARIO 3
WEAK, SIMPLE, OPEN, TOGETHER.
weak = weakness
simple = simplistic
open = unpaid
use open datato determine embargoes
full protection
NC protection
true OA - CC BY
but must be based onopen data
WHEN IT COMESTO DATA, THINKEARLY INTERNET, NOT FACEBOOK
2010
simpleweakopen
together
design principlesfor unintended consequences
the new normal is rarely built by the old normal.
thank you
@wilbankshttp://del-fi.org