danah boyd (www.danah.org) is an internationally recognized social media expert and fellow at the Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society. danah describes the persistent digital media participation gap and how it relates to the growing popularity of mobile media.
If everyone had access to the internet 24/7 the world would become just like the one in the movie Wall-e.
fishnoodles 2 years ago
It's a valid discussion...I think the ONLY thing at which I balk (and the only thing which I disagree), is the FINAL comment you made in re: control as it refers to safety. I can't imagine an 'unlimited' world authorized by an institution where disregard of the safety of our children would become a VERY real and frightening possibility (think the MySpace-inspired suicide of last year). There has to be some institutional measure of safety, even if it limits access to some peer-friendly areas, no?
aldyn1 3 years ago