--- On Mon, 5/10/10, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <[email protected]> wrote:
> The irony of the information Age is that it has given new respectability to > uninformed opinion. > - John Lawton > > http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/07/f-vp-pittis-free-market-meltdown.html Yes, but as the government monopoly on information they *would* say that. The shape of information flow is yet to be determined in this age, but it has certainly become more difficult to monopolize. I have yet to see evidence that Wikipedia (for example) is less accurate and authoritative than a store-bought encyclopedia. If the new flow of information forces people into the Darwinian cycle of having to make actual choices about what they believe - well, then: Good. -chris _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
