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In this Web of Ideas podcast, Berkman Fellow David Weinberger talks with AKMA (AKA A.K.A. Adam), author of the new book, Faithful Interpretation: Reading the Bible in a Postmodern World.
AKMA in his book maintains that it’s clear that even the most thoughtful, sincere, learned people may be radically divided about how to interpret scripture. Therefore, he concludes, we need a way of understanding interpretation that does not insist that only one of those thoughtful, sincere, learned people can be right. This understanding of interpretation would embrace and delight in difference. But can that insight help us understand how to live on the Web where the differences are also not going away? If so, what do we do about the fact that while more than one interpretation may be right, some are definitely wrong?
Download the MP3 (time: 45:46).
Produced by David Weinberger.
November 4th, 2006
David Weinberger hosted another evening in his Web of Ideas series. This week’s topic is “Messiness as a Virtue” — an open discussion on the importance of orderliness in knowledge.
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Please note: there is a break in the recording for a few seconds at 3 min 19 sec.
May 5th, 2006
David Weinberger, Berkman fellow, author, and blogger, talks about some of the ideas he’s exploring in a new book he’s writing on knowledge. He says, “The comedian Jon Stewart has become a trusted journalist. Wikipedia is in many instances more reliable and up-to-date than traditional encyclopedias. Web sites let social networks put together their own front pages, ignoring the efforts of the highly trained members of newspaper editorial boards. So, what is up with knowledge?”
“It’s by no means the end of days for knowledge,” he says, “but it’s no longer limited by the physical ways we’ve had to manage it in the past.” Further, he says, as a culture we are hard at work on building an infrastructure of meaning and understanding.
Produced by Colin Rhinesmith.
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Attribution: Music from this edition of AudioBerkman was sampled and remixed by Colin Rhinesmith using the following tracks: pt. 3 (instrumental) & Shag’s secret by cdk, Remember The Name (inki’s essence instrumental) by inki & Dream-off by C.Portable.
April 5th, 2006
David Weinberger, Berkman fellow, author, and blogger, talks about some of the ideas he’s exploring in the book he’s writing on knowledge. He says, “The comedian Jon Stewart has become a trusted journalist. Wikipedia is in many instances more reliable and up-to-date than traditional encyclopedias. Web sites let social networks put together their own front pages, ignoring the efforts of the highly trained members of newspaper editorial boards. What the heck is up with knowledge?”
“It’s by no means the end of days for knowledge,” he says, “but it’s no longer limited by the physical ways we’ve had to manage it in the past.” Further, he says, as a culture we are hard at work on building an infrastructure of meaning and understanding.
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March 29th, 2006
Earlier this week, Berkman Center fellow, author, and blogger David Weinberger hosted a discussion about “The Authority of Wikipedia” as part of his occasional Web of Ideas series. From David, “An article gains authority just by appearing in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Does it gain authority just by being in Wikipedia? What (if anything) makes a Wikipedia article worthy of belief? How are the sources, criteria and locus of authority changing in the age of the Web?”
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March 17th, 2006
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