The poor-smart and the rich-foolish

The World Wide Web (3W) is going somewhere.

The amount of history it has backing it up is nowhere close to what it was for any other field that was decidedly going somewhere. Apart from the industrial and technological advancements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, all that we did we'd been trying to perfect for a long time. The 3W, on the other hand, has been around for just about 2 decades and it has already instituted a smart-foolish gap beside its rich-poor counterpart.

In the future, there is definitely going to come a time when the rich will become poor if they're not smart enough to capitalize on accessibility of the web and the poor will become rich if they're smart enough to capitalize on the quickness of the web.

When information exchange is this quick, some measure of trust and an assurance of quality will accomplish the same amount of work in a second as a brick-and-mortar establishment does in two days. It's just that the handshake is called a "click" these days.

The poor-smart and the rich-foolish

The World Wide Web (3W) is going somewhere.

The amount of history it has backing it up is nowhere close to what it was for any other field that was decidedly going somewhere. Apart from the industrial and technological advancements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, all that we did we'd been trying to perfect for a long time. The 3W, on the other hand, has been around for just about 2 decades and it has already instituted a smart-foolish gap beside its rich-poor counterpart.

In the future, there is definitely going to come a time when the rich will become poor if they're not smart enough to capitalize on accessibility of the web and the poor will become rich if they're smart enough to capitalize on the quickness of the web.

When information exchange is this quick, some measure of trust and an assurance of quality will accomplish the same amount of work in a second as a brick-and-mortar establishment does in two days. It's just that the handshake is called a "click" these days.

On investigative journalism

Investigative journalism—investigations are initiated as a matter of personal conviction—responsible exercising of personal judgment required—practice of zero-interference methodologies—participation necessitates agreement with and understanding of policies that define the need—knowledge of what is right, what is wrong—is personal involvement necessary?—mandatory elimination of speculative convictions—investigation must not NECESSITATE the investigation

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Scenario I

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Conclusion of phase 5 of investigation: direct reporting

Conclusion of phase 4 of investigation: reporting predictions

Conclusion of phase 3 of investigation: investigative reporting

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Scenario II

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Dotted line: projected probability of event as a result of interferential investigation

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Scenario III

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Dotted line A: projected, and increased, probability of event as a result of interferential investigation

Dotted line B: projected, and decreased, probability of event as a result of interferential investigation

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Conference of ethical value—moral value of personal judgment—what if P(ethical val. of B > ethical val. of A) = P(ethical val. of A > ethical val. of B)?—non-interferential investigation takes precedence takes overall precedence when ethical values of A and B are fuzzy—does lesser fuzziness validate interference?

On investigative journalism

Investigative journalism—investigations are initiated as a matter of personal conviction—responsible exercising of personal judgment required—practice of zero-interference methodologies—participation necessitates agreement with and understanding of policies that define the need—knowledge of what is right, what is wrong—is personal involvement necessary?—mandatory elimination of speculative convictions—investigation must not NECESSITATE the investigation

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Scenario I

[caption id="attachment_3653" align="aligncenter" width="734" caption="Scenario I - Investigation timeline vs. probability of occurrence of event vs. timeline of event"][/caption]

Conclusion of phase 5 of investigation: direct reporting

Conclusion of phase 4 of investigation: reporting predictions

Conclusion of phase 3 of investigation: investigative reporting

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Scenario II

[caption id="attachment_3654" align="aligncenter" width="734" caption="Scenario II - Probability of occurrence of event vs. timeline of event"][/caption]

Dotted line: projected probability of event as a result of interferential investigation

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Scenario III

[caption id="attachment_3655" align="aligncenter" width="734" caption="Scenario III - Probability of occurrence of event vs. timeline of event"][/caption]

Dotted line A: projected, and increased, probability of event as a result of interferential investigation

Dotted line B: projected, and decreased, probability of event as a result of interferential investigation

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Conference of ethical value—moral value of personal judgment—what if P(ethical val. of B > ethical val. of A) = P(ethical val. of A > ethical val. of B)?—non-interferential investigation takes precedence takes overall precedence when ethical values of A and B are fuzzy—does lesser fuzziness validate interference?