Here are the sentences that feature the words we have chosen for vocabulary study this week. Don't forget: you work on the eight I provided, and then eight more that you chose.
You don't have to cram the entire sentence in the little box, but get enough of it to give you the necessary context for the word.
extrinsic, (Shirkey, 135)
This explains why both experts and amateurs are willing to contribute -- the structure of participation is not tied to extrinsic rewards, so people capable of adding to the technical explanation of complex mathematical shapes end up working alongside people who only know enough to be able to proofread descriptions of same.
tautological, (Shirkey, 70)
...who, exactly, should enjoy journalistic privileges? The tautological answer is that journalists should enjoy such privileges, but who are journalists?
ephemeral, (Shirkey, 57)
In these cases, the scarcity of the resource itself creates the need for a professional class...[in] these cases professionals become gatekeepers, simultaneously providing and controlling access to information, entertainment, communication, or other ephemeral goods.
I have the word 'tautological' from HCE on the last paragraph of page 70.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Deletejargon, (Johnson, 206)
ReplyDelete"Like most jargon, the metaphor points to an important truth, if you think of the flows of information across the Web as being analogous to the flows of energy through a natural ecosystem."
Ramifications, (Shirky, 16)
ReplyDelete"... anything that changes the way groups function will have profound ramifications for everything from commerce and government to media and religion."
Innocuous, (Shirky, 167)
ReplyDelete"The chosen behavior was intentionally innocuous, because the real message lay not in the behavior but in the collective action."
Meritocracy (Shirky, 243)
ReplyDelete"... coupled with a brutally judgmental meritocracy as to which proposals were worth including was a radical break with the FSF..."
erstwhile (Shirkey, 77)
ReplyDeleteNow those tasks were simpler, and the earlier roles have in many cases become optional, and are sometimes obstacles to direct access, often putting the providers of the older service at odds with their erstwhile patrons.
Was anyone able to get antonyms for the word meritocracy because I am having trouble finding one
ReplyDeleteI put "inherited", and "privilege" as the antonyms.
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