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The Web Is Dead
Abandoning Documents
and Files in Favor of
Information Streams
The unconscious treats information like a uid, not a solid.
—David Brooks, The Social Animal [55]
Today, what can be easier than tweeting a sentence or two? With a few key-
strokes, one can show and tell the whole world what he or she is up to. On
Facebook, adding pictures and a short note takes just seconds. With more
than 800 million users and 130 friends per user on average [56],
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messages
ripple through billions of virtual channels, reaching people through web,
email, and mobile applications. Facebook and other social networking com-
panies now work relentlessly ...