Last week we had the pleasure to talk at this years Accelerating Change conference in Stanford, alongside Ray Kurzweil, Thomas Malone, Esther Dyson, Peter Norvig and others. Especially having Doug Engelbart in the audience was a great honor. Here's a  summary of the talk:

Why does it make so much sense to bring together Social Software, the Semantic Web and Information Retrieval, what is the current state and are the limitations, and what are some implications? If your background is in one or more of the areas, you might want skip some parts. ... read full article.