Personal Memory Assistant
I heard a presentation by Jamais Cascio via ITConversations. In the presentation, he talked about
While he focussed on the bigger issue, the scenario as described, if becomes true, has implication on the way we will learn.
Basically, Jamais is not predicting the future. He is trying to project the current trends and see what that may lead to. One probable scenario is what he called "participatory panopticon" where
Jamais also projected the use of personal memory assistant PMA...
One impact of PMA is on those in intellectual property business (aka content). When people are using these memory assistant as adjunct to their memories, any limitation via regulation or otherwise, on what they can record are "equivalent to attacks on what they're allowed to remember".
Learning will not be about information. We will have too many. Information retrieval techniques will have to improve to cope and that's on the horizon. Education is about preparing future citizens. If this is one probable scenario, the big question to me, educationally, is how can we prepare ourselves and our kids for such a world. Estimated time of arrival of this scenario, I would say 2020.
the Participatory Panopticon, and [it] spells the end of privacy and the end of secrecy. While personal privacy is eroding, the ability of those in power to lie, cheat, and steal is also becoming increasingly impaired.
While he focussed on the bigger issue, the scenario as described, if becomes true, has implication on the way we will learn.
Basically, Jamais is not predicting the future. He is trying to project the current trends and see what that may lead to. One probable scenario is what he called "participatory panopticon" where
we'll be living in a world where what we see, what we hear, what we experience will be recorded wherever we go. There will be few statements or scenes that will go unnoticed, or unremembered. Our day to day lives will be archived and saved. What’s more, these archives will be available over the net for recollection, analysis, even sharing.
Jamais also projected the use of personal memory assistant PMA...
You'll want to recall a casual mention of his favourite movie, or the name and year of the wine she loved so much, or what he *really* said in that argument. You'll want to be able to share the amazing flock of birds you saw on the way home from work, or the enthralling street musician you passed while shopping. In the past, all you could rely upon was imperfect memory and whatever descriptive skills you possess. Now, and increasingly as the technology progresses, these tools will make it possible to retain and share those moments with perfect clarity.
One impact of PMA is on those in intellectual property business (aka content). When people are using these memory assistant as adjunct to their memories, any limitation via regulation or otherwise, on what they can record are "equivalent to attacks on what they're allowed to remember".
Learning will not be about information. We will have too many. Information retrieval techniques will have to improve to cope and that's on the horizon. Education is about preparing future citizens. If this is one probable scenario, the big question to me, educationally, is how can we prepare ourselves and our kids for such a world. Estimated time of arrival of this scenario, I would say 2020.
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posted by Albert Ip | 9:48 am
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Jamais Cascio talks of PMAs this way:
'One impact of PMA is on those in intellectual property business (aka content). When people are using these memory assistant as adjunct to their memories, any limitation via regulation or otherwise, on what they can record are "equivalent to attacks on what they're allowed to remember".'
and he goes on to talk of "memory rights management, where you have to have a license to remember."
There are some of us proposing Rights systems where usage rights are fundermantal and unregulated. 'Memory rights' would not be required only third-parties have limits on reproduction rights.
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