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I just wanted to post in agreement to Professor Newman about the work of community building through the internet. I find Wikipedia to really be a new age phenomenon. Most especially the belief of the eradication of class through the sharing of knowledge. I believe that information truly does want to be free, and this is a perfect outlet for such a philosophy. My only hope is that we can have more sites like this that are unbound by demographics of the global population. Although highly individualized, the world of blogging (this being a perfect example) has huge potential for discussion and building up the wealth of information in the realm of democracy. This also leaves room for response, and the open individual mind can benefit greatly from it. However, because of its individualized nature of almost pure editorial and opinion, there may be a sense of insulation from others comments.
In this day and age, education itself is rapidly moving to the internet and computer accessibility. The idea of "click and pick" institutions most definitely has it's ups and downs. Will there be more or less accessibility in the end? Will lectures as podcasts be more effective? For some reason, the cost of taking courses online is extremely expensive, I believe, due to the cost of setting up specifically tailored programs (like PAWS for example). With the breadth of the global internet there are so many positives that can come out in the sense of community and so much that can be exploited in the sense of the individual.