A Community of Purpose: A collection of daily academic notes about society
Notes, a few notes written down about the problems of today. Rarely does the individual navigating society take the time to write about celebrations of success. Most observations about society tend to focus on the negative aspects of daily life. Individuals should celebrate the best of society. Individuals can make the choice to strive toward the best elements of society. Only through a process of daily personal improvement can individuals improve society.
Consider a society of individuals that reads and writes. That society shares the potential to strive forward. That society can strive forward toward the accumulation of knowledge. Individuals within that society can engage in the intentional accumulation of knowledge for the betterment of society. That shared common purpose defines the social benefits of intellectual curiosity.
Technology has and will continue to advance beyond the control of any government. Internet based communication technology has fundamentally changed the dynamic between writers and readers. Consider that for centuries synchronous communication has been the hallmark of academic journals. Carefully measured words are intentionally reviewed and presented to an audience of academics. Internet technology allows a greater multitude of individuals to present information to the masses. Gradually internet writers build stronger communication skills. Practice inevitably strengthens the writing skills of persistent individuals. Public comment and feedback only serves to augment the process.
Examples exist of the vast digital utterances of a society full of individuals trying to communicate. A society that reads and writes inherently represents a society that communicates. Sharing even the most basic observations about society and daily life builds knowledge. Learning about the world requires a chorus of voices. No single unifying voice defines society. Individuals must move beyond expecting a single voice to emerge from the chorus. Only perpetually revised and extended remarks about the history of society will ever truly represent society. Knowledge even the best collection of knowledge changes with the passage of time. Individuals should expect nothing less.
For the individual even the definition of society changes. Advancing interconnectivity driven by the internet as a tool for communication changes society. Academics consider the relationship between communities of circumstance, interest, and place. Perhaps society faces a growing community of purpose. Individuals within society share the common purpose of reading and writing. Together the common purpose of individuals reading and writing strengthens the acquisition of knowledge. A community of purpose building and striving toward a knowledge driven society exists. Traditionally, individual members of the community work within the framework of asynchronous communication. Technology breaks down the barriers and limits imposed by asynchronous communication.
Today and tomorrow, a community of purpose will continue to strive toward a knowledge driven society. Advances in technology will continue to speed up the velocity of communication within the community. Readers are able to access the productive works of writers. At the same time, writers are able to communicate with readers. Increasing velocity of communication within the community of purpose strengthens the general capacity for knowledge within society. A shared collective awareness of reading and writing drives the knowledge driven society forward.
Today the internet holds the single largest accumulation of knowledge in history. The libraries of the world cannot possibly keep pace with the rate of knowledge accumulation. Only one mechanism exists for dealing with the current stream of information. The stream of information requires a strong community of purpose striving toward becoming a knowledge driven society.
As prepared for dissemination
Nels Lindahl
Remarks at the NPL Research Group
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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