War on Hierarchy, Death of Folders

Jordan Cooper picks up something I've been watching for a little while: Google and Macs eliminating folders. "the future of the Desktop is about more than just Search: it's about finding a way to break free from the legacy of Folders. "
My interest is the mindscape angle. Power now moves away from those naturally gifted in organisation and usually who really enjoy tidying and categorising things, towards the rest of us who want something quick and easy and intuitive. Tags and labels go a good way in that direction. I've grown to hate having to make choices between allocations when what is needed is both.

This represents a move away from mental 'box' metaphors to something more dynamic. It represents a change from categorisation to something more open and even provisional.

Now apply that to the way our culture is beginning to look at spirituality and organisations and I think you may notice some similarities. This will be an amplifying feedback thing. The new PC enabled way of organising info reflects a cultural trend, but it will also embody it and reinforce it.

So we are looking at a cultural spirituality which can hardly help being drawn to multivalency and is uncomfortable with too early and too rigid categorisation.

John's gospel becomes our set text.... ?
Discuss.
weblog :: jordoncooper.com: Google's War on Hierarchy, and the Death of Hierarchical Folders: