Be More Human: And, finally, my last wish for 2011, and beyond, too, for everyone out there who may be potentially reading this piece. Plenty of folks keep saying how the real, big impact of social computing within the enterprise, as well as out there in the Social Web, has always been that one of
making us become more human, more responsive, caring, helpful, engaged, etc. towards fellow colleagues, friends and family. Well, I think it’s probably a good time now to show that for real! My good friend
Jay Deragon has got a rather interesting and very thought-provoking blog post on this very same subject under the heading “
The Influence of Technology on Humanity” that I can certainly recommend everyone to go and have a read. One of his conclusions surely is spot on with regards to how I feel myself about the impact that technology and humanity have got with one another for over the last few decades. To quote:
“While the influence of technology on humanity always has been and always will be significant the real influence on society is what humanity does with the technology to create meaningful value for all humanity“