Information.Flow.Cities
Information is excelling at a great rate around us and sometimes it’s amazing to realize that 100 things happened within a 10-block radius of where you live, work or play. As thee realizations are made, opportunities are also made. Enter EveryBlock. This site currently only supports some of the major US cities such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. If you happen to have an interest is these cities, EveryBlock acts as an aggregate of all the happening news, graffiti reports, building code violations, lost and found listings, crime reports, business reviews, restaurant inspection reports and so on. What makes this site so interesting is that this could possibly be the first step in the future on influencing how Americans understand and judge their country’s geographic locations.
On the positive side imagine a future where:
Families are researching up to date information on possible areas of where they would like to live and using this information to make these important decisions
A more informed nation as the flow of information is bridged to the masses by making the statistics easily accessible
Newspapers become obsolete as local and international information becomes mapped for consumer convenience (save a couple of trees)
Civilians know not only where it happened, but WHERE it happened, down to the single street block and can observe trends around that specific location
On the negative side imagine a future where:
Demographic information can become manipulated and have the intended effects of influencing people where to shop, eat, or live
The statistics of geographic locations creates a class centric society and shakes up our previous social structures
Businesses become shut down due to falsely laid bad reviews
Where a slip up could occur in the information processing and YOU become an enemy of the state, and no one believes you
Any other opinions of the future of information flow and accessibility?
On the positive side imagine a future where:
Families are researching up to date information on possible areas of where they would like to live and using this information to make these important decisions
A more informed nation as the flow of information is bridged to the masses by making the statistics easily accessible
Newspapers become obsolete as local and international information becomes mapped for consumer convenience (save a couple of trees)
Civilians know not only where it happened, but WHERE it happened, down to the single street block and can observe trends around that specific location
On the negative side imagine a future where:
Demographic information can become manipulated and have the intended effects of influencing people where to shop, eat, or live
The statistics of geographic locations creates a class centric society and shakes up our previous social structures
Businesses become shut down due to falsely laid bad reviews
Where a slip up could occur in the information processing and YOU become an enemy of the state, and no one believes you
Any other opinions of the future of information flow and accessibility?
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