posted on Dec, 3 2008 @ 11:32 PM
The internet could quite easily be our savior or our demise. The internet gives common people the opportunity to expand their horizons, increase their
knowledge and explore their every curiosities. The process of obtaining information has changed since the birth of the Internet as we began to know it
in the 90's, and it could potentially become much more difficult for the powers that be to keep information from the public. You're already seeing
the forced transparency in the presidential campaign, you're seeing the forced transparency in our celebrities, in everything. The internet is filled
with many false and stupid things but the fact remains that it is the single best source of information and broad, mass communication at very little
expense.
Of course, it's not unthinkable that the internet could become as compromised as, say... religion, the government, banking and the media. Worst case
scenario, you've got RFID chips in every citizen so "they" know where we are at all times and what we're doing. If these powers were to get
control of the internet, this last bastion of hope for the common man, then they'd also have the power to know what we're thinking, and what we
desire.
Sadly, I think it's unavoidable. It's a huge risk to undertake, but the reward far outweighs the risk for me.