I just found this article on Edward Tufte's site. I don't know if he invents this stuff or just reinvents it for the modern era, but to me its genius.
It strikes me that we have to come up with better information design and representation going forward if we're going to surf the information flow and not just be carried along by it.
Of course, as with a lot of his great ideas I don't think we yet have the technology to put this into place. However, that's not really the job of the visionary, is it?
That's left to us mere mortals..
Posted by artandscience at March 5, 2005 05:56 PM