Internet Enclaves

[KeithE]

I forgot where (or from whom) I heard this, but it was recent. Don’t have exact words but it is something like this:

The Internet has been billed as a "great equalizer”, a place where consensus could be built w/o undue influence from anyone. Average people could have a voice and we can reason together. But instead it has seemed to have causes cliques (or website enclaves) where people go to get their viewpoints validated and hyped up (ignoring other enclaves of information). It’s effects have had a dividing effect and could be more appropriately called a “great divider”.

I thought there was much truth in those statements. But I still have some hope in the Internet’s promise to give voice to those w/o the money to buy MSM time. But I have more hope that 1) personal dialog, 2) the academic/scientific peer review process, and above all 3) prayer can bring us together.

What do ya’ll think?

[Ed Pettibone]