Is "Memestreams" any good? In the last few days an experimental approach to diabetes management has been announced that might prevent nerve damage. That's huge news for tens of millions of Americans. It is not mentioned on Memestreams. Memestreams does clue us in to this news: "Student sets simultaneous world ice cream-eating record, worst ever ice cream headache."
Kevin Kelly says of the "Memestreams" site, "There's no better way to watch the hive mind." But the hive mind is for the most part stupid and boring. Why pay attention to it?
This essay and the responses look like very interesting reading. Despite my creative editing here I think after a quick skim we actually address many of the concerns that he has with this kind of system.
