This site is concerned with exploring the concept of an information economy; to look at 'information' - how it is measured; how value is assigned; how credibility is established, and more - across disciplines, including but not limited to: economics, memetics, ecology, physics, public sector vs private sector, philosophy, cognition theories, risk communication, security, secrecy vs transparency. And, if possible, in doing so create a common, multi-disciplinary scaffolding for future policy dev

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Well, this is a work in progress, I hope, but I did mean to add to the previous post: I had to sign in to see an article at the Washington Post today, and they wanted to know not only where I lived, but my occupation, my position in the company, company size, age, zip code, gender, etc.; all to see a single article. I agree the article is worth something, and I understand their desire to gain demographics about their readers, but WaPo has declined to the point of being largely a worthless rag (a far cry from the guts it showed when it had investigative reporters), so I lied. Okay, it may be I'm rationalizing here, but why should I give my life history to read an article. If they want that much information on me, PAY me for it. My information is valuable enough for them to want it...
Posted by: rick / 11:53 PM

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