Rheingold presentation mentions how man evolved from family to community to towns, states, countries and now even the global village of today with collaboration and cooperation, although there are some that stay isolated. Man would not have advanced as far as he had if not for collaborating on certain projects. Survival of the fitest in my opinon is outdated with the growth of the global village through web technology. Man is in a position where the weak can survive with the help of others.
Reference:
Rheingold, H. (2005). Way-New Collaboration; retrieved from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration.html
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Henry,
ReplyDeleteInstead of being able to overwhelm your adversary as an individual, I agree with what you are saying; survival of the fitest also pertains to the saying "there is power in numbers". However, I believe that this collaboration may not be totally instinctual and driven by survival. Our willingness to help...or be helped by others...is influenced by learning through experience.
I wonder what the survival of the fittest would look like in the digital world:
ReplyDelete- Fast typer
- Multi-tasker
- Quick reader
- Scan information and determine its validity and appropriateness
- Infinite number of hours available to surf the internet
- Great with social networking
The weakest in one situation such as food gathering may be the strongest when it comes to surviving the Web Wide World.
I am being a little bit silly above, but I think it is all true in a constructivist way.
This leads us to the constructivist theory where the survival of the fittest depends on the contextual needs of the environment, situation, or culture.
Lewis