Yale computer science professor David Gelernter has published a great manifesto entitled “Time to Start Taking the Internet Seriously” at The Edge.org. It starts like this:
No moment in technology history has ever been more exciting or dangerous than now. The Internet is like a new computer running a flashy, exciting demo. We have been entranced by this demo for fifteen years. But now it is time to get to work, and make the Internet do what we want it to.
… but from there, it only gets better. Gelernter makes some great observations about the information age that we’re living in, both from a technical and philosophical stand point. It’s an interesting read.
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