web 2.0

The title of this video, " Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us" is pretty strange. It doesn't mean a lot to the average user until the whole video has been seen. By the end though, it becomes clear that it's referring to the way the internet links everybody together not only to share information but also to share input. The internet is used to solve problems by dividing the workload among a ton of people. Each person gives a little input, and an answer is found. So we are both asking and providing the answers.

Web 2.0 could affect someone ready to enter the workforce because of the huge amount of information available on it. Employers could potentially find information or contacts about a future employee via the internet. The workforce in the future will likely utilize it to get work done, while current workforces most likely do not use it and would probably even be against its use.

We're going to have to rethink a lot of our current infrastructures, ideas, and social norms.