I think that Metcalf's law is the best out of the three laws for networks. This is because it applies best to internet and the internet is becoming the strongest and most dominant media that exists. Print can exist on the web as well as anything else, and networks are comprised of people that interact with each other. Although these networks might not always interact with each other they have the ability to. Metcalf's law details this and supports that network worth is based on how many people are in the network and the connections they can make to everyone else that exists within the network. This becomes exponential as the number of people in the network grows, and this law really defines how networks work these days. Even if the network is just created through a VOIP program the connections that people make within these networks last, and Metcalf's law really drives the point home that each new person that enters a network increases the value a lot because the interactions increase.
In five years I think that people will have a new way of gathering information which will probably be something like being implanted into ones head via some kind of chip that connects to the internet. With the recent developments in google glass and the Microsoft Hololens it could certainly be possible. The idea is not that farfetched because googgle glass projects things right in front of your eyes without the need for a computer, this could probably be attached to one's brain somehow kind of like how dreams are implanted into people's minds in the fictional world of Futurama. For now we will have to stick with the internet and get our information from there as well as a variety of sources that are becoming archaic.
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