"I'd like to believe that and recent events, such as the Iran situation, point to a tremendous potential for positive effects.... As both an admirer of your product and a citizen of the world, I sincerely hope you are correct.
However, the broad assumption that I have difficulty accepting is that society in general is smart and/or moral enough to use the tools for the greater good.
I often wonder if "Twitter" is an inside joke - "let's see if the twits will jump if I say jump" - can you...moreless+2 more
"You remember that Tom Cruise movie where the citizens were followed by billboards that tailored themselves to the individual?... He was a thought-cop, I'm drawing a blank here . . . anyway, we are well on our way to that Utopian society aren't we?moreless
"So, does this drive people to an externally owned and managed centralized social-network tool like Sixent with, perhaps, the... potential for a similar issue down the road?
Or do privacy minded individuals purchase the white version of sixent and open their own "mini-facebooks"?
Or does this open the door for hundreds of Joomla/JomSocial packages to pop up all over the Internet?
Or does the great unwashed simply fail to grasp the issue and continue to post messages about tequila shooters...moreless