By now, with several bubbles in our recent past, shouldn’t we expect more of ourselves than accepting zombification based on our tools of choice or convenience?  Recent experience would say we don’t.

The room erupted with gasps, groans, objections and expostulations.  All this because of a simple question from Nicholas (@communityczar):  “Do you believe that people will increasingly recognize and filter out the tweets originating from automated tools, rejecting them on the basis that they’re not authentic?”  The dismay at the idea was nearly palpable and came from nearly everyone BUT the thought leaders in the room.  They mostly nodded thoughtfully while the outbursts reached a crescendo then gradually subsided.

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