BusinessWeek: Generation MySpace Is Getting Fed Up

BusinessWeek posted an article about escapers from (seemingly free) social networking sites. See the article here.

One of the 2008 Tech Predictions by PCWorld was the collapse of social networking because of no source of solid earning-money. SNS has no way except to show advertisement for survival. I cannot deny that I was one of mean (one-dimensional) persons to think how to effectively (that is, not annoying readers) attach ad's with original content. But the BW article makes me think again. It is obvious that the situation is becoming worse. Dual service - free posting with advertisement or paid posting with ad-free.

Gossip: Wisdom Era: The Futures after a Future

It was a natural progress from data (data mining) to knowledge (knowledge discovery) through information (information retrieval and extraction). Many people, indeed most of so-called gurus, talk that the future is an era of knowledge. Whoever has knowledge will be the only survivor. Who has the cutting-edge knowledge (a funny thing is that knowledge = Know + L + Edge) will conquer the survivors. This may be true, but we must also prepare the futures of the future (knowledge era?). The only word I can think is 'Wisdom' -- beyond knowledge. For a while, someone who knows something will earn money. At the next, someone who knows everything will earn money. At the end, someone who not only knows everything but also integrates them will earn money. Wisdom is not just knowing everything nor simply merging them. In addition, everything does not mean just technologies or economics or other individual stuffs. It means technology, human, God, culture, economics, environment, and so-called everything in the world. Someone suggested that every enterprise must has a position called CKO (Chief Knowledge Officer) as well as CEO, CFO, CIO, COO, and so forth. By the same sense, future enterprise must have a position called CWD (Chief Wisdom Officer).