As the networks evolve, so do my opinions toward them, and my divergent feelings bring out conflicting points of view. In advance, I apologize to those who expect a consistent position from me.

We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.

If we built houses the way we build software, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.

When I'm online, I'm alone in a room, tapping on a keyboard, staring at a cathode-ray tube.

Electronic communication is an instantaneous and illusory contact that creates a sense of intimacy without the emotional investment that leads to close friendships.

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.