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Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:00 AM

The Internet is making us stupid

Legal sage Cass Sunstein says democracy is the first casualty of political discourse in the digital age.
By Ben Van Heuvelen

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2007 06:26 AM

    He's right

    No one thinks about anything. They blog and hit submit. There are no new ideas, there aren't even useful discussions of old ideas. There is just ranting. In the end, the Internet becomes a weapon of tyranny because it leads down a rathole of selfinvolved hate speech.

    —Nulla Sallus Read Nulla Sallus's other letters

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