Researchers Renew Their Effort to Reinvent the Internet
A nationwide effort to redesign the Internet will now involve economists and social scientists in hopes of designing a more adaptable network.
Full-text article by Jeffrey R. Young is available via the Chronicle of Higher Education, 7.18.08. [Subscription required.]
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posted by Courtney Lavery @ 10:30 AM
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Smart move—bringing economists and social scientists into Internet redesign acknowledges that networks aren’t just technical systems, but social and economic ecosystems too.
This is such a smart shift in approach. Bringing economists and social scientists into what has traditionally been an engineering conversation feels genuinely overdue — the Internet's biggest challenges aren't purely technical anymore, they're about incentives, behavior, and how people actually use the thing. I appreciate that you flagged this piece; it's the kind of interdisciplinary thinking that tends to produce the most durable designs. Thanks for sharing the pointer to the Chronicle article.
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