The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
The Net is allowing us to turn ourselves into a giant, collective meta-intelligence. And this meta-intelligence continues to grow as more and more people come online.
Spontaneity is everything to me, working without a net.
The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.
Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.
When Jeff Sachs says every poor person should receive a free bed net, I agree - but in reality, many end up not receiving one. And I don't live in a world of shoulds.
The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.
People who believe in freedom of expression have spent several centuries fighting against censorship, in whatever form. We have to be certain the 'Net' doesn't become the site for technological book burning.
The Net is not television. It is the finest direct-marketing mechanism in the history of mankind. It is direct mail with free stamps, and it allows you to create richer and deeper relationships than you've ever been able to create before.
The Internet is like the phone. To be without it is ridiculous.