The Internet and Its Importance

The internet has accelerated the perception of time, so that years like 19 95 and 19 96 seem almost lifetimes ago. Paul crugman famously dismissed the importance of the internet as something that was going to go the way of the facts machine. i think it's the perfect segay into just a couple of the points. You know, what i wanted to do wa actually talk about kind of the history of these privacy debates over the inner net.