The problem as I see it is that people aren't ready/don't need city-wide wifi yet because the services aren't fully established yet. However the services cannot easily become established until the people are ready. They just need to go out on a limb and provide the services despite the cost. As someone once said, "If you build it, they will come." (eventually...)
I think it is about time that society comes to grips with the fact that the internet changes the way our world works. We should stop trying to hang on to what worked in the past, but rather embrace this new technology by inventing new ways to interact. For example, instead of trying to DRM online music to prevent piracy, why not just abandon that concept of thinking altogether. I envision the result to be a society where music returns to the original purpose of an artform. Musicians will make music because they are good at it and because they enjoy doing it. People will support musicians they like by donating to them, or buying physical goods from them. It would be a return to a more evolutionary approach to art in which the best survive. I truly hope that one day I can see my vision attained.
I think that AOL will always have a stigma with geeks of being a piece of crap. And to tell you the truth, I have a bad feeling that this new service set will only confirm that stereotype.
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"...our learning process was similar to other biological organisms..."
AMAZING! Who would have made that sort of connection?!
The problem as I see it is that people aren't ready/don't need city-wide wifi yet because the services aren't fully established yet. However the services cannot easily become established until the people are ready. They just need to go out on a limb and provide the services despite the cost. As someone once said, "If you build it, they will come." (eventually...)
I think it is about time that society comes to grips with the fact that the internet changes the way our world works. We should stop trying to hang on to what worked in the past, but rather embrace this new technology by inventing new ways to interact. For example, instead of trying to DRM online music to prevent piracy, why not just abandon that concept of thinking altogether. I envision the result to be a society where music returns to the original purpose of an artform. Musicians will make music because they are good at it and because they enjoy doing it. People will support musicians they like by donating to them, or buying physical goods from them. It would be a return to a more evolutionary approach to art in which the best survive. I truly hope that one day I can see my vision attained.
I think that AOL will always have a stigma with geeks of being a piece of crap. And to tell you the truth, I have a bad feeling that this new service set will only confirm that stereotype.