On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Marc Perkel <[log in to unmask]>wrote: Thanks for the heads up Alex. I have some mixed feeling about this as I am > someone who wears two hats. So I'll throw the delema out there and see what > you all think. > You are welcome. > First - as the founder of the Church of Reality and a former employee of > the Electronic Frontier Foundation (sys admin - not lawyer) I and a fierce > defender of free speech and due process, keeping the hands of governments > off the Internet. The Internet is actually considered a holy object in the > Church of Reality as it is the central factor driving human evolution > allowing us to evolve into something that increases our chances of long term > survival, so we can continue to exist. If you fail to continue to exist then > you are no longer part of reality. > Just wondering if it would be useful to have some sort of discussion about > this for the sake of clarity. > I read your "First" along question no. "*2 - With MOBILE CONNECTIVITY many of us are living a life that is “always on” or “hyperconnected.” Some people even say the Internet is an extension of our brains and we are becoming cyborgs – human-computer beings. How does being connected online all the time change us as humans?* " http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_2011/default.xhtml* *