Not Panels, It's Engagement!

In the past there have been occasions where technological change has led to swift societal change. And this has usually resulted from the fact that something that was once scarce becomes abundant overnight. For example, the invention of Movable Type led to the printing press which greatly expanded the disribution of text and messages.

Now we have a similar shift which of course where digitalisation is changing the nature of Journalism, Photography and Music.

In all cases we see that what was once described as a profession is changing. Mass amateurisation is changing the nature of who can publish and who can filter the information. So we have professionals but we still have others who can do for the love (and maybe, yes, the money too....)

What about research? Is research not also undergoing rapid digitalisation? And in a world where everyone is a citizen researcher what is left? Well, firstly a rapid re-evaluation of what research is, and what the profession is (and always was). Secondly, increasingly the edge is in data streams in terms of the professional vs the amateur.

So we move from an emphasis on people to proprietary infrastructure to integrate.