The Internet



Kyle - “We thought we could make money off the internet, but while the internet is new and exciting for creative people, it hasn’t matured as a distribution mechanism to the extent that once you trade real and immediate opportunities for income for the promise of future online revenue. It will be a few years before digital distribution of media on the internet can be monetized to an extent that necessitates content producers to forgo their fair value in more traditional media”. Southpark - Episode 1204

Randy - “And so what have we learned from this ordeal, the internet went away, it came back, but for how long? We cannot take the internet for granted any longer. We as a country must stop over logging…on. We must use the internet only when we need it. It’s easy for us to think we can just use up all the internet we want. But if we don’t treat the internet with the respect…that it deserves it may one day be gone forever. So let us learn to live with the internet not for it. No more browsing for no apparent reason, no more mindlessly browsing on our laptops while watching television; and finally, we must learn to use the internet for porn twice a day, max.” Southpark - Episode 1206

Food for thoughts on current debates on Web 2.0 and our dependence on the internet.

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