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Originally posted by Wm. M.
Remember the Sixties? Ok, most of you weren't even born yet. But all of you ARE familiar with it as it still holds tremendous sway over our cultures (US, UK, etc.) The analogy goes something like this: The idealists, visionaries, and dreamers that put the web together were very much like the idealists and dreamers of the Sixties. And now both sets of groups are either fond memories or are quite unable to affect or influence the direction or scope of their creation. Commercial interests--ourselves included!--are powering and controlling this electronic wonder which has become nothing more than another money making "Machine" driven by Adam Smith's "self-interest"! This is my take on it but "I could be wrong" (as Dennis Miller likes to say!) Someone, PLEASE, prove me wrong!
Email is positive. Worms, viruses, SPAM, failures (electric power, servers, computers, etc.) frustration, etc., all are negative.
Information available is positive. The proliferation of wrong information, the staggering amount of information that one has to sift through, the valuable time wasted, and the frustration, all are negative.
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Originally posted by Android
...the internet is not a substitute for human interaction. but it IS completely revolutionary and mind boggling....i think that person has a little too much spare time on their hands. Android
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