Is What's Past, Prologue?

Abstract

A written language and a transportable recording medium were key elements in the advancement of humankind. Five thousand years ago the Sumerians, using their cuneiform system of writing, recorded business transactions as well as epic poetry on clay tablets. For the thousand of years that have followed we have improved upon our methods of communication with others and upon how we prepare, organize, store, and share our collective knowledge. Now the Internet and the World Wide Web application operating together are causing a fundamental change in the way we have done things for millennia. We are engulfed by this new environment that is, from an historical perspective, merely in its infancy. This paper presents twelve premises regarding the digital environment that are not only reminders of major changes that are occurring, but that also serve as "bumper stickers" for others to consider as they examine this new environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA426320

Entities

People

  • Kurt N. Molholm

Organizations

  • Defense Technical Information Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Digital Information
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Intellectual Property
  • Internet
  • Knowledge Management
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • Web Browsers
  • Websites
  • World Wide Web

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.