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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
The Web is the greatest instrument ever invented for journalism, and the most empowering too for free speech since the invention of the printing press.
But "evolve"?
Evolution takes place in other realms.
That's obvious, in the material biological sense; the only way the Web is going to aid evolution is if there's enough radiation exposure to produce positive mutations over the course of generations.
As for the realm of the evolution of human consciousness- well, the Internet's utility as a tool in that process is pretty much contingent on literacy, I think. Literacy is a much bigger quantum jump for consciousness.
Although there are some vitally important types of conscious evolution that the skill set of literacy doesn't develop, the Internet would be completely frivolous without it.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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