The 2.0 Internet is like a sponge, it absorbs everything, an endless warren of information. There is a part of me irked by the constant barrage of information being transferred. I think it has been embraced by many as a form for a kind of imagined celebrity where everyone can be a star with their own advertisements via Facebook, Blogger and the like.
While the Internet is a fascinating and very useful tool it is decidedly impersonal, for me an email will never replace a hand written letter, although increasingly they do. I fear the ever-available format of the Internet with its plethora of fictions and facts creates a disinclination to reflect on any one thing, i feel this may be detrimental to the human spirit in some way. I would guess that anyone with a passing knowledge of the 2.0 phenomena would agree that it has fundamentally rearranged the way we perceive the keeping and interpretation of knowledge.
Paradoxically, i am and have been a regular and somewhat obsessive Internet user, and belonged to some of the earliest social networking sites ( Friendster, CBC's ZEdtv site). There is great opportunity and choice in the interactive nature of the Internet, but there is still a great deal to learn about how to look for it, and what forms of older technology it is suitable to replace.
While the Internet is a fascinating and very useful tool it is decidedly impersonal, for me an email will never replace a hand written letter, although increasingly they do. I fear the ever-available format of the Internet with its plethora of fictions and facts creates a disinclination to reflect on any one thing, i feel this may be detrimental to the human spirit in some way. I would guess that anyone with a passing knowledge of the 2.0 phenomena would agree that it has fundamentally rearranged the way we perceive the keeping and interpretation of knowledge.
Paradoxically, i am and have been a regular and somewhat obsessive Internet user, and belonged to some of the earliest social networking sites ( Friendster, CBC's ZEdtv site). There is great opportunity and choice in the interactive nature of the Internet, but there is still a great deal to learn about how to look for it, and what forms of older technology it is suitable to replace.
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