Words and reading are becoming less important while images, skimming, and browsing become more important, evidenced by the scale of image platforms (Flickr ~2-3 billion images, Facebook over 5 billion)—a largely unnoticed social phenomenon enabled by bandwidth and access.

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Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

just think about the access people have now to visual images

Source

Clay Shirky on Coase, Collaboration and Here Comes Everybody 10/20/2008EconTalk
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