I am going to make the argument that the predominant form of the social web \u2014 that amalgam of blogging, Twitter, Facebook, forums, Reddit, Instagram \u2014 is an impoverished model for learning and research and that our survival as a species depends on us getting past the sweet, salty fat of \u201cthe web as conversation\u201d and on to something more timeless, integrative, iterative, something less personal and less self-assertive, something more solitary yet more connected.<\/blockquote>Makes powerful arguments for the garden style web as a means to aggregate knowledge, find connections.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","width":640,"height":426}