Beginning with the premise that development of electronic media to support scientific research may be informed by studying other infrastructures, participants explored issues of path dependence, 1st and 2nd-order distributional impacts, and the underlying (political) philosophies that "ought" to be central to the design of a cyberinfrastructure. These last include broad participation and collaboration, both within and across disciplinary boundaries.
My own sense is that we're in something of an "eCambrian era"- we've known for some time that traditional intellectual divisions are sub-optimal, but are only beginning to realize how specialized "noetic cells" may combine to form whole new "knowledge species."
H/T to William H Dutton (Oxford) for the link.
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