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OneWebDay Is Coming Sept. 22nd or Why I Love The Internet

Started by baratunde aka jack turner · 1 year ago

cross-posted to baratunde.com

I am an ambassador for OneWebDay, an annual effort to:

focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy)

focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills)

create a global constituency that cares about protecting and ... Continue reading »

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  • TruthSeeker

    1 year ago

    I looooove the internet!
    It's the most magical thing ever!
    The thing that tickles me most is how it mirrors new age and some scientific thought of a connective web of information that underlies all life. It makes me think of remote viewing theory of signal lines that our biological computer can "dial" into with coordinates - like an url - and receive raw data. I like how it mirrors the human nervous system and the transmission of information.

    With the interenet, you've got to mature in how you process information. You've got to seek out things rather than the passive, receptive response to the TV box...which I think is similar to being preached to in a congregation. I think it's fascinating how many of the people commenting on the Obama campaign website and his YouTube channel are not even American.
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  • evita

    1 year ago

    What I value most about it is the capacity to bring people together to engage in discussion, debate, commiserate, be educated, organize (like Color of Change,) and even find love (I met my man online. YEP!) For much of my life been lacking in the number of people who wanted to talk about the things I wanted to talk about but also have people in my life who could challenge me intellectually, politically, etc.

    This medium has afforded me the opportunity to grow and I hope enhance the lives of people who read what I offer.
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  • heartsandflowers

    1 year ago

    I got my first computer in 1997. It was a top of the line for its day with a whole whopping 200 megabytes! It was a $1500 desktop with Windows 95 and a Princeton 21" monitor. You could not tell me I hadn't arrived!! I immediately had to add more RAM and took the chance and installed it myself. AOL dial-up was all the rage then. I spent a lot of time setting up email accounts. I even met a Hotmail account rep at a party in SoHo who talked about the virtues of free email. I didn't even have internet at my job yet. Who knew we'd come this far? I'm asking myself where'd we be without YouTube. I wonder what the next technological advance will be, how it will be integrated by consumers and how its use will be determined in ways not imagined.
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