[Homestead] The Future of the Web

Gene GeRue genegerue at ruralize.com
Tue Jan 9 19:15:00 EST 2007


>
> It strikes me, sadly, if this is the future of the web, that we are  
> poised on the
> brink of an about-face (how's that for mixing you-know-what's?) -  
> and are now
> waltzing backwards?

I think there will always be a balance. Some focus on making money  
and others focus on making lives. There will always be, not only an  
information underground, but those of us who get our seratonin by  
helping others.

> Then along came the web - a whole world of wonder and communication  
> and
> beyond...and now it's not gonna be free? What the...?

I think much of the Internet will remain free. The price is a  
computer and connection plus time. Yes, entrepreneurs will try to  
lure us to use their sites and pay for the privilege, but I think  
huge international competition will keep it under control.

> On the other hand, the noise is growing louder from folks doing the  
> local economy
> / local produce / local currency / totally regionalist thing (I  
> root for them).

Truth will out.




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