social networks - goods and evils

Questions for debate:

1. Do you use social networks?
2. What are they useful for?
3. What are their dangers?


Watch the following video:


From The Telegraph, 22 September 2012

Facebook party leads to riots in Dutch town
A riot broke out in a small Dutch town after more than 4,000 revellers descended on a party when an invitation posted on Facebook went viral.

video watching: "what is the internet, really?"

You will find Andrew Blum's recorded speech below. Watch the first 5 minutes of his talk and answer the questions below:

1. What do architects do, according to Andrew Blum?
2. Why does he talk about architecture at the beginning?
3. How have our relationships changed in the last few years, according to Blum?

4. What was the most striking thing for Blum, when considering the Internet?
5. What does the image he shows on the screen represent?
6. Why did Blum lose connection to the Internet?
7. Did Blum find a place where the Internet is?

If you're interested, you can watch the rest of the video. Here is the transcript:

Transcript - Andrew Blum - What is the Internet, Really