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Tuesday, November 5, 2002
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Sam Ruby writes: "So why do I blog? Because it works. It finds worthwhile things for me to read. It helps me refine and focus my thoughts and be more productive too. And most of all, creates the opportunity to interact with more interesting people. That's what's in it for me." This text is the best discussion of blogging I have found so far. I feel the same way. There are many things I'm willing to share with others, and things I don't want to share. I don't want a webcam watching me, but I'm prepared to post my individual ideas for others to ponder upon. This may result in "self-organization", "emergent behaviour", and "collective phenomena" - topics in which scientific research is interested in right now. I believe some nice and unexpected things will happen when some of the private thinking and preparation of ideas is made public. The combination of individual viewpoints and thinking may result in suprising developments, which may benefit you, or somebody else somewhere.
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