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Schmexperts
I’ve been learning the ins and outs of social media for a little while now, and I’ve seen a fair amount of people claiming to be “experts”, “mavens”, and a bunch of other adjectives.
Now I’m sure some of them are. Or maybe more like a few. The others are just regurgitating information and jumping up in line. It goes to show you though, how quickly and thoroughly information gets shared in formats easily understood. That’s the most brilliant part of this whole social media phenomenon — a lot of people are ramping up and helping develop the entire philosophy.
It’s like crowdsourcing a channel — imagine how much more amazing TV would be if an entire community helped develop it?
What it all shows is how the channels of communication in the future will be developed. By many, and through that they will be far superior. This whole world we’re utilizing right now will be much different, and it won’t be that far away.
The key, with all this momentum, is to maintain a clear understanding that we’re all just learning. Nothing is science yet, but its getting there. The real experts are learning too, and they’re the first to admit it. This attitude is what will instigate new forms of communication, collaboration and creation.
Because as we learn, we learn to push. We learn to make things better than they are. We should never accept anything is perfect.
