Absent reading and writing, is the use of bandwidth to access stories and ideas. Internet, wireless, mobile, connected, broadband world, to communicate in these times makes the tools of reading and writing less important. Especially in a context not in control of its destiny.

What happens when you lean into internet. All the way. Where are the fault lines? New technologies offer more compelling ways for us to interface with abstraction, and to engage in story in ways that are more convenient. Video is where the minds nowadays are meeting. A shift to skills around these forms of 'story' are in motion — podcasts, interviews, talks, video, etc. How are we gathering around the internet camp fire? What is the language needed around bandwidth for a healthy society? 

Keywords: Bran Ferren