Criticism Is Always Easier Than Constructive Solutions.

I'd Much Rather See A World Where, When You Make Some Quirky Comment On A Blog Or News Story Or You Upload A Video Clip, Instead Of Just A Moment Of Fame For Your Pseudonym, You'll Get 50 Bucks. The First Time That Happens, You'll Realise That You're A Full-class Citizen. You Have The Potential To Make Money From The System.

All Over The World Today People Have A Very Strong Desire To Find A Sense Of Identity, And At The Same Time That's Coupled With The Rise Of Absolutely Absurd Wars That Relate To Ethnic Identity. Perhaps There Is Something Deeply Ingrained In People That Relates To A Sense Of Belonging, And Without That, Identity Doesn't Seem As Real As It Should.

America's Facebook Generation Shows A Submission To Standardization That I Haven't Seen Before. The American Adventure Has Always Been About People Forgetting Their Former Selves - Samuel Clemens Became Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac Went On The Road. If They Had A Facebook Page, They Wouldn't Have Been Able To Forget Their Former Selves.

As Information Technology Becomes Millions Of Times More Powerful, Any Particular Use Of It Becomes Correspondingly Cheaper. Thus, It Has Become Commonplace To Expect Online Services (not Just News, But 21st Century Treats Like Search Or Social Networking) To Be Given For Free, Or Rather, In Exchange For Acquiescence To Being Spied On.

The Upheavals [of Artificial Intelligence] Can Escalate Quickly And Become Scarier And Even Cataclysmic,” The New York Times Tech Columnist Once Wrote. “imagine How A Medical Robot, Originally Programmed To Rid Cancer, Could Conclude That The Best Way To Obliterate Cancer Is To Exterminate Humans Who Are Genetically Prone To The Disease.