I’m leading another discussion at the Harvard Berkman Center tomorrow (Wednesday), 6-7:30pm. I’m going to talk about the traditional idea that a properly structured organization of knowledge is neat, and why messiness works so well in the digital age. If what I say mirrors Chapter 8 of the book I’m working on, I’ll talk about the over-simplicity of org charts, Eleanor Rosch’s prototype theory, and the “smushy” conception of the Semantic Web. There will be, I hope, a lively discussion that either carefully explains why I’m wrong or entirely swerves around what I’d said.

It’s open to all. We serve pizza. (Map) The session will be webcast here. [Tags: berkman taxonomy everything_is_miscellaneous rosch semweb]

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