Great introduction to why we still have journals: post-Gutenberg and pre-internet information dynamics. I need to keep this in mind for ScienceOnline in January... - Björn Brembs

Of course, as I was watching that I was thinking how it applies to science publishing - perhaps you can post a link to this video on your session's wiki page, Bjoern? - Bora Zivkovic

I was thinking about that :-) Maybe would fit better for Bill Hooker's session, though... - Björn Brembs

Always maintained that the goal of Nature, etc is to be a filter. Let all the information flow and then channel it. It's a channel which given some level of trust and authority will have an impact - Deepak Singh

I'm not seeing how you come to the conclusion that any of the "old" filtering mechanisms are adequate after listening to this talk? He was talking about a structural failure in filtering that absolutely includes the inadequate filtering mechanisms of old. - Kevin Gamble

Gah, now I gotta read something by Shirky. :-P - Bill Hooker

http://www.amazon.com/Here-Co... - Bora Zivkovic

+1 Here Comes Everybody - Richard Akerman

The comment thread on that post is getting interesting (loads of traffic to it over the past 24h brings new and hit-and-run commenters). - Bora Zivkovic

I can't remember now which speaker(s) in particular made the statement, but there were several references throughout our NFAIS event on Monday for scholars in the humanities that made reference to this quote and video. The ideas are beginning to percolate through the mainstream. - Jill O'Neill