Best and the Rest of Human Nature

Dave Rogers points out that when I said that the Web is a reflecton of our best nature, I must have been smoking jimson weed. Heck, one look into my inbox on any random morning would show you that the Net is 70-80% a reflection of the desire of co-eds named Tiffany and Crystal to party with me via a webcam and a credit card.

So, yes, the Web is a reflection of our nature, not our best nature. It is a purer reflection than the real world is for so much of the real world is beyond our control. We made of the Web what we wanted. And are still making it.

So why did I say “best nature”? Because the part of the Web I don’t delete from my mailbox or click the back button on is a relection of the caring, curiosity and humor that makes me proud to be a human. I’m so happy about that part of the Web that the rest is just the static on the line.

[Yeah, I know the difference between the Web and the Internet. I just choose to ignore it.]

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