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The Looming Techno-Apocalypse

Like prophetic times of old, the world is abuzz with talk of the apocalypse.  For die-hard believers, the Rapture of the Second Coming promises a long-awaited reunion with the Lord…

The Fake Promise of the Internet

Earlier this century, when a friend of mine who was in the Web business asked me to join his company not as a techie but as a thinker about the…

The Philosophy of a Drywall Man

Occasionally, I come across remarkable Americans who remind me of the spirit that has made the United States an exceptional nation, one that has injected an earthshaking dose of heroism…

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The Second Machine Age and Its Discontents

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook and young cyber tycoon, wants the whole world wired and every human being to have access to the Internet. To bring Wi-Fi to people who…

The Internet Galaxy

To round up my reflections on the computer age, I read Manuel Castells’s reflections on the impact of the Internet on our lives and the future of humanity itself. Castells’s…