http://www.nfais.org/2008_Tier_Program.htm Notes on David Weinberger's keynote address to the NFAIS conference, titled "Beyond Authority." The content draws greatly on Weinberg's 2007 book, Everything Is Miscellaneous.
Weinberger begins by describing the traditional information order, which is predicated on the physical scarcity of objects and information-bearing objects. Authority and institutions spring from these limitations. This order has several ranks: first,...
