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I-Neighbors, Not just another social network
neoatbay writes "Globeandmail has a story on I-Neighbors.org, a social networking site based on geography, rather than affinity. Unlike other websites that allow global, national, or city-wide communication, I-Neighbors links members of a single neighborhood, defined by the people that create them. It is created by a team led by Pro. Keith Hampton at MIT. Anyone in this neighborhood, and play badminton?"
The first 3 replyers get them. (/off topic)
There is a BIG problem with the way your little world is so different from that of your ancestors (and that applies to me, for that matter).
Now, that we Americans have been atomized, our community has been hollowed out, and now where do the ideas that get into our heads come from? From the Teevee, my friend (of course, I speak here of MOST Americans, not us Net Geeks, who spend so much time online; and of course a lot of people talk on the phone to friends). But in any event, so many Americans gets their ideas from the teevee. But what is the problem there? Well, the ideas that come out of your tv are filtered, filtered to be acceptable to the bosses that run it and the wealthy CEOs who run the corporations that own tv stations and networks and the wealthy investors who own most corporations that advertise on them.
And those ideas coming out of the tv to nest in our brains are not necessarily good for the well being of the average American. THese ideas have transformed America over the last few decades, and have moved America in a decidedly conservative direction. THis ideas come from the top, down to you, through your tv. But your ancestors, even your grandparents, had a community filled with people much like themselves, who had financial interests in common with them. You and I have little in common with the rich executives and investors who control what ideas get on tv.
eat shiat and bark at the moon