He wants the Internet to be like his favorite bookstore as far as I can tell. Yes, I agree it'd be great if I never accidentally clicked on a goatse.cs link while online but his point about "an entire generation of young people grow(ing) up to become virtual machines capable of storing informational bits like biocomputers but not of assembling those bits into meaningful bodies of knowledge" is completely subjective. Where's his proof of this?
For instance, I use the Internet to find books, which I then purchase and read. I could spend my time reading up on Aryan hate groups and thinking "well gosh durn it these boys sure got all the facts, yeehaw!" but I don't because I can think for myself and I tend to corraborate information I find with different sources.
I think Mr Carr just bought a iMac and is shocked that many online people and websites are immature and offensive. He thought he was going to be able to buy a latte and browse through the early 19th century sections and in fact he found himself staring at a "Barely 18!!" banner ad.
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He wants the Internet to be like his favorite bookstore as far as I can tell. Yes, I agree it'd be great if I never accidentally clicked on a goatse.cs link while online but his point about "an entire generation of young people grow(ing) up to become virtual machines capable of storing informational bits like biocomputers but not of assembling those bits into meaningful bodies of knowledge" is completely subjective. Where's his proof of this?
For instance, I use the Internet to find books, which I then purchase and read. I could spend my time reading up on Aryan hate groups and thinking "well gosh durn it these boys sure got all the facts, yeehaw!" but I don't because I can think for myself and I tend to corraborate information I find with different sources.
I think Mr Carr just bought a iMac and is shocked that many online people and websites are immature and offensive. He thought he was going to be able to buy a latte and browse through the early 19th century sections and in fact he found himself staring at a "Barely 18!!" banner ad.
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