I thought the article Malcolm Gladwell wrote was one of the most interesting pieces I have read. It really gets you to thinking about technology and the impact this digital age is having on our lives. How much do we really use digital information? I use it daily. I can only think of a few things that I don't use electronically: my bible, textbooks (which even during my college career is switching to electronic), and a small number of books I have recieved as gifts. Which is crazy to think that the scholar model is applied to almost everything I view or use as a student and citizen. In my opinion, digital information should be free. There shouldn't be companies taking advantage of both the producer and consumer and overcharging for information that is technically "free" to create and consume. MIT is wrong for having wanted to persecute Aaron Swartz for trying to release information for free public use. As a student and possible health care professional, my field is every changing. Does advancing technology and information mean that I have to be left in the dust because I don't have access to this information? I don't think so. I think the wiki model is a concept in which our society should grasp and implement into our internet system, as socialist as that sounds. When information is essentially free to create and produce, it should be free to consume and use.
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