For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information in your neighborhood? Librarians. And they're famous for having no power at all. And who has the most power in your community? Politicians. And they're notorious for being ill-informed.

There is a difference between having access to information and having the savvy it takes to interpret it.

Computers force us into creating with our minds and prevent us from making things with our hands. They dull the skills we use in everyday life.

Spending an evening on the World Wide Web is much like sitting down to a dinner of Cheetos, two hours later your fingers are yellow and you're no longer hungry, but you haven't been nourished.

Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world.

It's easier to apologize afterwards than getting something allowed in the first place.

Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony drowns out serious discussion.