We must stamp out the vestiges of analog thinking, in favor of the digital imagination. The analog values the logical, the sequential and the hierarchical. The digital exalts the intuitive, the spontaneous and the democratic.This is what Raul Pangalangan writes in "Analog thinking in a digital world" (Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 August 2005) in connection with "Blogging Gloriagate," an event attended by lawyers and journalists who also happen to be bloggers.
I have been informed that at a recent forum on the revision of the curriculum for schools of library and information science, a comment was made to the effect that librarians should concentrate on the library and just call in the IT experts when the need arises. A perfect example of analog thinking in a digital world...
