WSJ, 11.4.9: The Greatest Generation (of Networkers)

"The unspoken attitude is, 'I don't need you. I have the Internet,'" says P.M. Forni, the 58-year-old director of the Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, which studies politeness and manners. "The Net provides an opportunity to play hide-and-seek, to say and not say, to be truthful and to pretend. There is a lot of communication going on that is futile and trivial."  [more]

William Gibson, one of my favorite authors wrote, “The future is here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.”  And we can see it with our kids.  And, just because it's the future, doesn't mean that it's all ok.