Comment from Linear A on the Colliding Web Sciences graphic:
hey, you know what i’m tired of? venn diagram abuse.
i mean seriously, what the hell does this “graph” even mean? math encompasses a large part of psychology, but never touches economics? and i count 13 circles, but only 12 headings. does the last one represent dark matter? the missing quark?
Good points. Also, the definition of “web science” is a little vague:
The Web is the largest human information construct in history. The Web is transforming society. In order to…
* understand what the Web is
* engineer its future
* ensure its social benefit
…we need a new interdisciplinary field that we call Web Science.
Should we really include Biology and Ecology in our study of the web?
Regardless, I like the visualization of the impact and overlap of Psychology, Economics, Law, etc. on technology. I’m not picky about lining up ovals and labels.
