This is probably one of the single most important issues I can think of when it comes to the freedom of our children and our society.
The nature of culture is to define itself by what it values, and build context by patterning language and replicating that language in the minds of the people in the the culture.
What Douglas Rushkoff is talking about here is the way technology (from the invention of written words to the printing press to the blogosphere) has impacted the development of culture. The implications make me want my daughter to have a solid understanding of computer science!
The realm of the possible begins with the imagination of the programmers. The ability to translate that vision into applications that shape the interactions made possible for our culture, and the way these interactions are shaped by the very technology that enables our interactions are all core to the freedom we experience... or lack thereof.
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Craig
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