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INFO-Lag
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See also: Disintermediation
and Dematerialization
NFO-lag describes the
increasingly frequent predicament of real world "Authorities and Experts"
who face a public on information "steroids" due to
the internet.
Examples of this phenomenon are
starting to abound in everyday life:
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A patient inquires when an
Alzheimer's drug she read about on the internet will be available in the
US. The physician does not recognize the name of the drug and asks the
patient where she read about it.
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A student challenges the teacher
about his presentation of the "Coriolis Effect," based on
information the student had found on the internet.
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An investor asks his long-time
stockbroker what he thinks of stock $?@$, based on a press release he has
just read on the internet. The broker confesses his ignorance.
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And on and on...
This phenomenon can potentially have
far-reaching effects:
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A better informed public better
able to keep the "experts" on their toes - GOOD
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A loss of faith in the
"experts" as manifested, e.g., by increasing boredom in the
classroom - Potentially serious problem
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The elimination of a whole host
of middleman....a phenomenon I call disintermediation (See DISINTERMEDIATION
and DEMATERIALIZATION) - Possibly good with qualifications
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Other unforeseen consequences
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INFO-Lag will accelerate (an
oxymoron?) as more people have broadband internet access and as more people
spend more and more time on the net. The 2000's will develop as a very
interesting decade.
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