Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks
In the past, communities have formed to meet needs as a group that we cannot meet as individuals. Today, group protection from marauding animals or enemies is being replaced by group protection from the assaults of constant change and too much information. As information networking begins to enter mainstream society, each of us discovers new sources of data in our specific areas of interest, and suffers from the increasing pressure of information overload … Networking increases the opportunities for collaboration, which helps protect individuals from information overload.