IFTF Update

Well, I was planning to blog on the IFTF conference, but it didn't turn out like I expected. A lot of the "new-to-me" ideas and information was glossed over in the intro session, and the rest of the conference was focused on the grassroots economy including social networking and open source. I discovered that the majority of the attendees were novices to the networked-economy concept, so I think it was a perfect introduction for this particular crowd.

For me, the main value was three-fold: I met some terrific people (including Jerry Michalski, a kindred spirit and one of the smartest guys I've met in ages), had some great discussions, and got some ingredients for further thought. There were some fascinating nuggets of information presented, and questions that I need to mull over... so you can expect some of these musings to appear here in the blog in the next few weeks. Things like multiple identities, the changing concepts of value and currency in the networked economy, the difference between bounded and unbounded markets... some yummy ideas to chew on. These were issues and questions that were raised but not directly addressed in the conference. I'm not even going to pretend to answer these questions, but I'm hoping that the collective intelligence of the group can come up with some interesting theories.

Comments

[Diego Rodriguez]

Please do blog about the conference!

I'm really interested to hear more about the concepts you mentioned in this post... wish I could have attended, too!

[Yvonne DiVita]

Hey Jennifer, I hesitate to follow Steven as I believe he considers Lip-sticking one of those airhead blogs...and he may be insulted that you and I are friends, but, so be it. He is right that YOU are an intelligent young lady and a strong leader for the rest of us.

[steven streight vaspers the grate]

Isn't it odd that philosophers don't have blogs?

Not that I know of, and I have searched for hours, only grad students seem to have blogs. There are a few philosopher blogs, but they are the exception, and oddly, they seem to be mostly in realm of anthopology and logistics, heavy specialized subjects.

Jacques Derrida once wrote an article called "An Email to Freud"--don't have the deep link direct URL handy, but it's on the Derrida Online site:

http://www.hydra.umn.edu/derrida/content.html

Derrida asked what psychoanalysis would have been like if email existed...as you know, Freud, Rank, Reik, Reich, etc. conducted much theorizing via postal mail, which took months I think to traverse the land and arrive at the destinations.

Derrida ponders how lightning velocity would have affected psychoanalysis.

Your acute and astute intellectualism is sadly rare, my beloved Jennifer. You are such a breath of fresh air from the less satisfying fluffy "blog consultant" air head blogs out there.

Please never dumb anything down. Smart it up.

I'm looking to you as the Leading Light of Blogosphere Philosophizing Realm.

Great work, you wonderful entity you!