The Truth of Weblogs
David Weinberger,
KM World,
May 28, 2003
Short article that makes an interesting point. Before weblogs, we had two choices: objective reporting, conducted by independent professionals, or subjective opinion, conducted by partisans or advocates. Welogs now give us a third - and arguably better - alternative: intersubjectivity, the view of the world when many subjective perspectives interact with each other. Purists - who believe that there is one truth, and that objective reporting gets at it - will not be satisfied. But for the rest of us, those of us who believe that truth depends on your point of view, intersubjectivity is a significant improvement. As David Carter-Tod recommends, follow this article with this one, which describes a theory of weblog conversations.
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