Things we can do with information that we could not do before

This is a great article about things we can do with information that we could not do before.
It was written by George Siemens, educational strategist in Canada.

"What can we do now with information that we could not do in the past? I’ve abused Kauffman’s concept of the adjacent possible
by applying it to the new opportunities, untapped potential, and levels
of complexity, that arise with the development of something new. In
this case, the “something new” is the ways in which new tools allow us
to mess around with information. I’ve compiled a list of nine attributes
or new possibilities that new technologies, especially the internet,
enable. What am I missing? What can we do with information that I’ve
overlooked?"