So what if all this cyberstuff really is post 1960s anarchy?

Magic Bus...
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Mark Dery argues that much of cyberculture is just one mass post-1960s movement...it's as if the 1970s anarcho-punks got with technology and set the world in motion. Of course, our other author, Wallace, sees the psychology of the Internet a bit differently. She finds it to be a bit more complex than someone forgetting to close the doors of the VW Bus so the smoke won't escape. (Get the joke...VW Bus graphic on the page?)

Your first question to think about as you read Dery and Wallace: What should we make of this Internet-driven society?

Think about where Dery and Wallace coincide and where they diverge in their views. We know now that the Internet can be used for good and not so good things...We also realize the Internet isn't just "a toy" to play with unwisely.

Think too about how the Internet has affected you and the way you think and write. The first big breakthroughs for mass use of the Internet came in the mid-1990s, when most of you were either little kids or maybe in high school (ok, some of you were grown ups then, too). How has this technology changed your life and the way you do things?

Feel free to post as much as you want. There is no right or wrong answer. The idea is to get you talking & writing about and thinking through technology.