Why The Internet sucks 1
In case you haven’t seen Maclean’s cover storyPornography, gambling, lies, theft and terrorism: The Internet sucks
Eye-catching and certainly “of the times”. Personally, this was my favorite quote:
“The computer hucksters have promoted a digital world which will not come to pass,” Stoll said. As for the promise that simply by opening the lines of communication humanity would lay down arms and sing Kumbaya: “There are no simple technological solutions to social problems. There’s plenty of distrust and animosity between people who communicate perfectly well. Access to a universe of information cannot solve our problems: we will forever struggle to understand one another.”"
Here is an excellenet critique of the article (though I did indeed find a copy of the article online):