Surf Roots

Paul Saffo's Information Surfing essay was written 14 years ago and is still remarkably insiteful. Its also the second know use of surfing in relation to dada, with McLuhan slipping an obscure reference in first.

Choice Quote:
bq. An information surfing future will be one of generalists capable of teasing knowledge and understanding out of large information flows. Information surfers will be pattern finders applying new intellectual skills and working in close concert with radically more powerful information tools.

[via Ross Mayfield + Azeem]