Cyber-History?
Topic: Reflections
Following on the previous entry. What are the historical implications of our progressively deeper investment in cyberspace? Does the internet have history? Does that little button on the top of your browser represent what history is?
The sun never sets on the internet. The internet bears no scars. The internet allows access to no one who does conform to its code, though it in turn offers a vision of freedom (a western liberal notion again). You may click here one day to find nothing. The digital dissolves fully. Memory will remain only for you and not for the internet. What does this tell us about our priorities? Cyber-space will only challenge me to the extent that I let it.
This medium is not substantially different than most modern forms of communication. However, in its greater extension it appears to offer an alternative space (cyber) and an alternative home (page). I am sure that thoughtful geeks have been wrestling with this for years, sorry for getting in on it so late.