There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around.
At Google, we see and feel the dangers of the government-led Net crackdown.
There's a tremendous amount of energy in Japan and, increasingly, in China.
I believe that the problem of global climate change will ultimately spur our global society to respond and while the condition does not appear to be reversible, we will find ways to adapt to it.
Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet.
We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.