Feedback to Milan Veselinov
Original post: Assignment 3 – The SES of the internet
Original post: Assignment 3 – The SES of the internet
Dear Milan,
First of all, I would like to let you know that the article is very well structured. The paragraphs and themes as well as the graphs, links, and the sub-titles are very well organized and they do a tremendous job leading readers through a topic that they have never seen. I also like the story-telling tone of this blog. It gives a personal touch and brings the readers closer to the topic. It reminds me of a friend who wrote books about adventurous stories also uses this similar tone throughout his books. (http://goo.gl/nrfzms)
Your choice of social-ecological system is indeed unique, considering that internet isn’t commonly characterized as a natural resource in a ecological system. Furthermore, the concept of internet does not exist in a physical way, making it more challenging topic. However, you are able to specify your scope and explain how internet requires to be driven by power and therefore consumes natural resources. In addition to that, you also explained how internet also has direct impact when performing its normal function by producing carbon dioxide. I find the system definition convincing. Also I agree with you that the human made system is not very different from natural resource system in this case since internet can be seen as a derived resource.
The subsystems of the SES are well presented in your article. I like the way you explained the internet suppliers as the ones who put data in order because it reflects reality. However, when it comes to the resource items, I am wondering if other elements that could possibly limit the internet speed, accessibility, development, etc. can be further explored. The reason why I asked this is that this summer my country (Taiwan) just introduced 4G internet for smartphones so it’s relatively slow compared with neighbouring countries Japan and Korean market. As far as I know the facilities were just not fully equipped to be upgrading the service to consumers and therefore the delay. As limiting factors that could contribute to different outcomes I wonder if they are something on the same level as resource item that can be discussed here. Also, I am interested to know if different types of users also have different interactions with other subsystems such as the resource units and the governance system. If so, how would you characterize them?
You did a fantastic job adding the challenge of SES in the article. I think this information shines a light on the main issue you would like to address and brings focus to this resources. Otherwise internet is a broad topic and it’s less interesting if there is no real-life issue awaiting to be solved. With that being said, I do want to confirm if my understanding is correct. Do you mean the challenge is to provide well-covered service in order to achieve internet of things?
For Friedman’s principle argument, I am not sure if I agree with you on the on-line hours not having the market value. As internet shopping becomes easier over time, commodities that are traded over internet represent the market demands. This information can be gathered and used for marketing and product promotion purposes that are designed to drive more consumption. In the USA, thanks to the membership system for chain retailers and online shopping that require log-in, retailers know about its consumers’ pregnancy before the consumers’ family do. Same thing can be observed include websites visited and keywords that one searches on google.com. These are all data that are able gathered and possibly sold for business purposes.
The last question you asked was as awakening as the speaker in the TEDex link you provided. If everything is recorded, monitored and controlled, no one would be able to enjoy the rights to privacy anymore. I believe there needs to be stringent rules and strong oversight of such business operation if google does have the majority of the market share so that it does not violate its consumers’ (users’) interest just because it does not have anything to lose due to the lack of competitors. With minimised government intervention and letting the market self-regulate, it is possible that the society which rely highly on the internet could be sharing the same fate of the internet company. That is to say, if google goes down, the system that involve all the things of the internet will lose its function and my heart rate monitor machine as mentioned in the video would not be able to notify the pharmaceutical company of my heart condition to send a “buy my medicine” ads to my phone while waiting for my ambulance. A big part of the industry would need to go back to the old-fashion way to carry out business. My conclusion is, huge risk is involved with this type of self-regulation and I do not have so much faith in the industry to uphold its value and social responsibility.
Great work! Your article made me think a lot!
Hsiu-Chuan (Sho)
Your choice of social-ecological system is indeed unique, considering that internet isn’t commonly characterized as a natural resource in a ecological system. Furthermore, the concept of internet does not exist in a physical way, making it more challenging topic. However, you are able to specify your scope and explain how internet requires to be driven by power and therefore consumes natural resources. In addition to that, you also explained how internet also has direct impact when performing its normal function by producing carbon dioxide. I find the system definition convincing. Also I agree with you that the human made system is not very different from natural resource system in this case since internet can be seen as a derived resource.
The subsystems of the SES are well presented in your article. I like the way you explained the internet suppliers as the ones who put data in order because it reflects reality. However, when it comes to the resource items, I am wondering if other elements that could possibly limit the internet speed, accessibility, development, etc. can be further explored. The reason why I asked this is that this summer my country (Taiwan) just introduced 4G internet for smartphones so it’s relatively slow compared with neighbouring countries Japan and Korean market. As far as I know the facilities were just not fully equipped to be upgrading the service to consumers and therefore the delay. As limiting factors that could contribute to different outcomes I wonder if they are something on the same level as resource item that can be discussed here. Also, I am interested to know if different types of users also have different interactions with other subsystems such as the resource units and the governance system. If so, how would you characterize them?
You did a fantastic job adding the challenge of SES in the article. I think this information shines a light on the main issue you would like to address and brings focus to this resources. Otherwise internet is a broad topic and it’s less interesting if there is no real-life issue awaiting to be solved. With that being said, I do want to confirm if my understanding is correct. Do you mean the challenge is to provide well-covered service in order to achieve internet of things?
For Friedman’s principle argument, I am not sure if I agree with you on the on-line hours not having the market value. As internet shopping becomes easier over time, commodities that are traded over internet represent the market demands. This information can be gathered and used for marketing and product promotion purposes that are designed to drive more consumption. In the USA, thanks to the membership system for chain retailers and online shopping that require log-in, retailers know about its consumers’ pregnancy before the consumers’ family do. Same thing can be observed include websites visited and keywords that one searches on google.com. These are all data that are able gathered and possibly sold for business purposes.
The last question you asked was as awakening as the speaker in the TEDex link you provided. If everything is recorded, monitored and controlled, no one would be able to enjoy the rights to privacy anymore. I believe there needs to be stringent rules and strong oversight of such business operation if google does have the majority of the market share so that it does not violate its consumers’ (users’) interest just because it does not have anything to lose due to the lack of competitors. With minimised government intervention and letting the market self-regulate, it is possible that the society which rely highly on the internet could be sharing the same fate of the internet company. That is to say, if google goes down, the system that involve all the things of the internet will lose its function and my heart rate monitor machine as mentioned in the video would not be able to notify the pharmaceutical company of my heart condition to send a “buy my medicine” ads to my phone while waiting for my ambulance. A big part of the industry would need to go back to the old-fashion way to carry out business. My conclusion is, huge risk is involved with this type of self-regulation and I do not have so much faith in the industry to uphold its value and social responsibility.
Great work! Your article made me think a lot!
Hsiu-Chuan (Sho)
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