My reason for planting the "horizon of observability" meme yesterday is now revealed. In my OreillyNet column this month, I interview Jon Schull and Valdis Krebs who both offer great perspectives on the social networking craze that is sweeping through blogspace.
Valdis informs me, by the way, that although he is authoritative on Google for "horizon of observability," the concept originated with Noah Friedkin of UC Santa Barbara, and is set forth in this paper .
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