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[sukhi]

yes i also totally agree to Opaque that we live in age of information from the information frame of reference. One can also say we are
living also in age of pollution becoz pollution levels are so high in cities , soil , water , rivers etc .. that we may say we are
living in the age pollution.

therefore i belive the frame of reference is important to give an objective meaning to the question.

[jackknife]

sukhi, on 09 June 2010 - 04:22 PM, said:

yes i also totally agree to Opaque that we live in age of information from the information frame of reference. One can also say we are
living also in age of pollution becoz pollution levels are so high in cities , soil , water , rivers etc .. that we may say we are
living in the age pollution.

therefore i belive the frame of reference is important to give an objective meaning to the question.

I would say rather insist that this age is aptly named the 'age of pollution'. Mankind indeed has been achieving great peaks of success in polluting everything around it and it is determined to take to the next level. I mean cmon, polluting land, air & water wasn't enough.... it was no fun at all, it had become usual and boring... we needed something more exciting and now we have moved towards newer horizons genetics, space, humans (clinical trails), minds (religious/communal warfare), food, media, Ideals, idols, culture, language, arts, history... the list is long... and we can see that our trend of success continues... Oil spills, gas tragedies and radiation poisoning.... are so Old school now...

Adding to Opaque's point i would say that this is more the time of information availability to one and all... its just a click away.... but you also cannot forget that not 100% correct as it is a collection of opinions some correct and some not. This revolutionary power of sharing has its own pros and cons. Information (even beyond our current comprehension) was always available but it was not shared with all but only with the ones learned enough to understand the significance, implication and consequences of having or using it... Information was handed down from teacher to student, mostly orally... It would be in the form of couplets, octets, scripts usually sounding like a poem when u recite them.... but are actually grand masterpieces of collaboration of Information, phonetics, mathematics, statistics, astronomy, literature, geography, spirituality and poetry all encrypted and compressed into these little couplets(2 lined) and octets(of eight vowels). They are the earliest and probably still by far the most complex cryptograms known to us..... if you are learned enough for your teacher to give you this info, you surely can decode the tons of data embedded into it and also not make changes to these masterpieces but to enjoy and employ the possession of them.... which would not be possible for a untrained mind. So, this was primarily to maintain the purity of the information being passed...

so with this paradigm shift in sharing of information the 'wrong information' has also simultaneously creeped into the domain of available information... I would define 'wrong information' as incorrect information, statements and assertions based on self opinion and not substantially backed, hate information, information violating gender, nationality, race, community, practice, profession, sentiment, rights, religion or peace and information that is twisted, turned and shaped by external forces for personal gains. There is also a big section of information which is 'created' to be true. Im sure you'll agree, Im talking of almost half of all the information available for sharing today..... so technically we have even polluted our information sharing system ..... WOW ... we are simply excellent in this pollution thingy....

So you have to give it to the AGE OF POLLUTION as the most apt for this age....

[JamesFreddrikks]

What age are we in.... I would have to say some sub age between post industrial, space, and governmental ages. Which all could be formed into some word like Indacemental. But, we are in a information age for sure, no matter how much of it circling around it just crap. (IE: Rumors, what a celeberty is doing, why you should care to watch reality shows *which we all know why you do* among other things.) In fact, there are a lot of different ages we could classify under due to green movements. *If you dont get the "which we all know you do", I was referring to the people who sit home all day and watch them. Get off the couch and go play a sport, or atleast do something productive .*

[Nik]

absolutely right, we are living in information age. We most important source to this age is internet. And having more information means you are at the apex of your age. So be in touch with information through internet.

[iAssistant]

Hi Shree! Aside from information age, we are also living in computer age, where everyone relies in computer. Students, professional, everyone! What do you think is the next age?