the utopian view of the internet

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and now just a quick post before i struggle again with my philosophy politics essay. i'd be killed by my life companion if i don't finish this shit before saturday. >.<

anyway, here's just maybe a provoking thought, again about oh-the-almighty internet. i somehow can't get my mind off this issue, yet i know i should. i am becoming more boring and more boring every damn day.

why i become more and more addicted to the internet: my utopian point of view of the internet.

- i love the idea of legendary internet pioneer JC Licklider. he said that life will be happier for the online individual because the people with whom one interacts most strongly will be selected more by commonality of interest and goals than by accident of proximity. the most blatant example of this, in my opinion, is virtual community. the member of it have been bonded by the fact that they share the same interest, regardless their race, religion, gender, nationality. they don't care whether you're gay, they don't care whether you have bad breath or horrible body odor (bad metaphors with the bad breath and body odor, i know, but oh what the heck) :P all they care is that you love gaming and proud to be a gamer. *me waving hands to hendra and livia, a very romantic couple, bonded by the greatest UO online gaming*

- as most of you know this fact, but only some of you aware of this fact, is that the internet provides a foundation for a more egalitarian world order. confused? same here. nyehehehe :P nah, internet can be said the best metaphor with agora, a place where the athenian (yes, back to the ancient greece here people) citizens met to discuss ideas for the common good. this place was non-hierarchical, a place where everyone was equal. the internet is the most democratic place in the world. so yep, the idea of the equality is what i love most here. you don't have to be in a certain standard to be admitted by the net. you can always say no when you really want to say no, you can even be a man when you're actually a female (or even a shemale? oh god forbid. :P)

so there. oh i think i have to make this topic for my issues in electronic media class.of course, this utopian views come with dystopian views as well. will update about that later, now mr. foucault is waiting for me to be written about. huhuhu T_T

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