[Advisors] explaining the internet -- from child to expert

[Marita Moll]

Excellent observation Garth. Yes, it was a bit of a puzzle. Wired 
Magazine does have a pretty tech savvy audience -- so describing the 
internet in terms of cables, routers and IP addresses would make sense 
to them. But would it not be cool to create something the explains the 
Internet from the perspective of community impact as experienced by 5 
different community groups.

Marita

On 2022-11-27 8:32 p.m., Garth Graham wrote:
> What is interesting is that, when the complexity of understanding increases, so too does the complexity of conversational interaction. What was primarily one way at level one becomes, because of shared vocabulary, a balanced exchange about specifics at level five.  By level five, he is not “explaining” the Internet.  He’s having a conversation with an equal about narrow aspects of its current state, and thus illustrating the Internet’s complexity rather than explaining it. What this video might do depends on its imagined audience, and I can’t figure out who that might be. If the actual  story is about humanity’s adoption of a primary way of doing things without the capacity to understand its consequences, then it would need to be told another way.
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> GG
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>> On Nov 27, 2022, at 10:43 AM, Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:
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>> Hello advisors. Wired Magazine has produced this 30min video explaining how the internet works on 5 different levels -- from child to expert -- in small snippits of information. A child would never sit through more than the first few minutes. What is interesting is the rapid escalation in difficulty as soon as you move to any higher level of understanding.
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>> UMass Professor Explains the Internet in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED - YouTube
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