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Dissidents around the world use the Internet to evade censorship and get their message out.
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"With scrupulous documentation and a knowledgeable but unpatronizing tone, Shapiro delivers a penetrating analysis of both the promise and peril of the digital future." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Shapiro has this brilliantly nailed.... It's hard to imagine a more timely book about the real significance of the Internet." --Jon Katz, Slashdot
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A brief note
Pundits and politicians speak in broad-brush terms about an information revolution or a communications revolution. But I never really understood those terms. To me, revolutions are all about struggle and crisis, a clash of values, and ultimately a fragile reordering of the social landscape.
Is that what the Internet is doing to society? I was skeptical at first. But after five years of study, I have come to believe that new technology is enabling fundamental changes, particularly regarding the status of the individual in society. The Net is giving each of us the ability to control aspects of life that were previously controlled by our most powerful institutions: government, corporations, and the news media. We can decide for ourselves what information we're exposed to; how we learn and work; whom we socialize with; and even how goods are distributed and political outcomes are reached. This development deserves to be seen as revolutionary.
But it's not a revolution we can yet celebrate -- for it has all the tenuous attributes of any political upheaval. There is resistance from institutions struggling to maintain their authority. And there is a grave danger that we will push the revolution too far, blinding ourselves to the need for balance between personal indulgence and commitment to something more. Technology bestows great privileges upon us. The question is whether we will shoulder the responsibilities that accompany them.
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