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On the evening of May 26, I made my first “presentation” (an informal talk) on social media. The affair, called “Sweets & Tweets,” was held in Georgetown and hosted by corporate social media consultant Debbie Weil. I participate in social media somewhat myself, but in no way, shape, or form am an expert. Moreover, I did not spend an enormous amount of time preparing—the talk was intended to be “off the cuff.” But with my obsessive penchant for lists (ah, engineers), I did jot a few things down which I shall simply call “musings from an incredibly old guy and unadulterated amateur” on social media:

1. Social media is not new. SM writ large is LITERALLY what makes us human!!!! Ape brains grew to accommodate socializing skills; aborigines and “songlines;” people trade refrigerators in for radios; etc.
2. But “modern” social media does change everything: Matt Ridley‘s new Rational Optimism: How Prosperity Evolves;

To be continued at http://www.tompeters.com/dispatches/011647.php?rss=1

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