Comments on: The Next 5000 Days of the Internet http://libertyconference.edublogs.org/2008/09/13/the-next-5000-days-of-the-internet/ October 6, 2008 Rochester, NY Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:48:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: estmid24 http://libertyconference.edublogs.org/2008/09/13/the-next-5000-days-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-4 estmid24 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:48:44 +0000 http://libertyconference.edublogs.org/?p=12#comment-4 To be honest, I really cannot comprehend the idea of everything being linked to the internet. I can barely understand how the internet works let alone understand the entire system within physical objects we can grasp. Maybe just the idea of something within something that is "un-graspable" sounds just impossible to me! To be honest, I really cannot comprehend the idea of everything being linked to the internet. I can barely understand how the internet works let alone understand the entire system within physical objects we can grasp. Maybe just the idea of something within something that is “un-graspable” sounds just impossible to me!

]]> By: mrhopkins http://libertyconference.edublogs.org/2008/09/13/the-next-5000-days-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-3 mrhopkins Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:30:37 +0000 http://libertyconference.edublogs.org/?p=12#comment-3 My students were very interested in the quote about attention being a currency. What are the implications for people with attentional disorders? Will people with greater attention spans be at an even greater advantage than they are now? Is this a civil liberty issue, or just a fact of life. Will the world created by digital technology encroach upon the world of people who chose to opt out in the way that modern society has encroached upon "primitive" cultures? My students were very interested in the quote about attention being a currency. What are the implications for people with attentional disorders? Will people with greater attention spans be at an even greater advantage than they are now? Is this a civil liberty issue, or just a fact of life.

Will the world created by digital technology encroach upon the world of people who chose to opt out in the way that modern society has encroached upon “primitive” cultures?

]]> By: hopkinstest http://libertyconference.edublogs.org/2008/09/13/the-next-5000-days-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-2 hopkinstest Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:20:20 +0000 http://libertyconference.edublogs.org/?p=12#comment-2 I think the implications of Kelly's vision for civil liberties are overwhelming. The idea that interests (frightens?) me most is his idea of "total transparency." I am wondering what the price will be for those who do not wish to be part of "the machine." I think the implications of Kelly’s vision for civil liberties are overwhelming. The idea that interests (frightens?) me most is his idea of “total transparency.” I am wondering what the price will be for those who do not wish to be part of “the machine.”

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