Are we Information Renaissance Men?
When researching the renaissance men of the european renaissance, I found that Leonardo de Vinci and Michelangelo were considered the renaissance men of that time period. I wonder who would be considered the renaissance men of the information renaissance. Would it be Bill Gates? Or would we be considered the Renaissance men of our time. Since calloborative community we all can now spread our information and share our array of knowledge.
It has been argued that with the fast spread of information, that the quality of information that is being spread is going down. That scholarly work has been replaced with what Dr. Steele calls "Vanity crap" such as youtube.com and myspace.com. As Tom Pike discusses in his book "Information Renaissance" the quality of this communication must aspire to excellence. With the advantages of callaborative community exposure has increased tremendously. The question is are we holding up to the definition given in Leonardo da Vinci's day? I would have to say in CICS we are.