Back to the future, with a Victorian flavour

There’s a line of thought which argues that the internet will liberate the masses and allow us to achieve self-actualisation. “With technology,” the proponents exclaim, “economies will spiral upwards, national boundaries will dissolve and people will work only for self-enlightenment!” And today’s mighty panacea, often referred to as “user-generated content”, will bring joy to the world and peace to us all.

Back to the future, with a Victorian flavour
There’s a line of thought which argues that the internet will liberate the masses and allow us to achieve self-actualisation. “With technology,” the proponents exclaim, “economies will spiral upwards, national boundaries will dissolve and people will work only for self-enlightenment!” And today’s mighty panacea, often referred to as “user-generated content”, will bring joy to the world and peace to us all.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1936560,00.html

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