The Internet

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:01 am

It's incredible isn't it? The world and it's people are wide open. No more secrets, no more deception, no more lies. Yes, you must sometimes have to sift through lots of differing opinion and perception, but this sure beats the old days of limited and delayed information. Just look at what is going on in the Middle East, it's like a wild fire. The internet has made this happen. Is it good or bad? Time will tell. How about Wiki Leaks? The Somalia Pirates. The New Zealand quake? For me to be able to instantly communicate with a Christchurch relative as they are receiving a big after shock is amazing. My gut feeling is that all this OPENNESS will eventually work out well for all mankind as a whole.

What thoughts do you have about this?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:13 am

Lon;1354504 wrote: It's incredible isn't it? The world and it's people are wide open. No more secrets, no more deception, no more lies. Yes, you must sometimes have to sift through lots of differing opinion and perception, but this sure beats the old days of limited and delayed information. Just look at what is going on in the Middle East, it's like a wild fire. The internet has made this happen. Is it good or bad? Time will tell. How about Wiki Leaks? The Somalia Pirates. The New Zealand quake? For me to be able to instantly communicate with a Christchurch relative as they are receiving a big after shock is amazing. My gut feeling is that all this OPENNESS will eventually work out well for all mankind as a whole.

What thoughts do you have about this?

The more we have open access to information the better IMHO but the greater the danger of disinformation being used as a counter-measure.

Yes all the world is out there but if it gets to the point where we cannot tell the truth from the lies then it's one step forward and two steps back.

Post by **spot** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:20 am

I'm one of those trying to put the lizard back into the box. The sort of information availability you're discussing, Lon, is magnificent. The other side is how difficult it's become to keep information hidden from those you want it hidden from. The information Wikileaks handles is all intended for distribution at some level, just not at a public-visibility level. I reckon there's no half way house any more - there's no way of limiting distribution only to a named set of people. One can try but others can invariably beat you if they know what they're looking for.

But yes, to answer the question - I think you're right about the eventual good. It's an end of privacy though.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:24 am

An educated and informed population is the hardest to govern when you look at which governments want to restrict access or demand information on what people are doing on line for the sake of national security it makes for a surprising list.

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:35 am

The internet is but training wheels compared to the true potential we can reach as a Human race through nothing other than our own conscious abilities. We need not stop at the internet however. After the Pole-Shift, if there is anything left to utilize, we can one day after the rebuilding of a better World takes place reach into different levels of consciousness and do things that at the moment would seem impossible. I'm talking out of body travel, I'm talking remote viewing and levitation, I'm talking esp perception, psychic communication with each other, I'm talking about things that would make the internet look like ancient history.

This process could take a long time to develop. But it is in the process of developing as we speak.

Scrat · Post by **Scrat** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:40 am

The internet is the greatest thing of our time but at the rate we're changing it will be primitive. There are no limits other than what we put on ourselves in whatever form. It's really quite sad. Were it not for things like war we would most likely be on Mars now. Our primitive minds need to catch up to our technology.

Singularity: Kurzweil on 2045, When Humans, Machines Merge - TIME

Singularity: Kurzweil on 2045, When Humans, Machines Merge - TIME

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gmc · Post by **gmc** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:12 pm

TruthBringer;1354543 wrote: The internet is but training wheels compared to the true potential we can reach as a Human race through nothing other than our own conscious abilities. We need not stop at the internet however. After the Pole-Shift, if there is anything left to utilize, we can one day after the rebuilding of a better World takes place reach into different levels of consciousness and do things that at the moment would seem impossible. I'm talking out of body travel, I'm talking remote viewing and levitation, I'm talking esp perception, psychic communication with each other, I'm talking about things that would make the internet look like ancient history.

This process could take a long time to develop. But it is in the process of developing as we speak.

I thought you believed the wprld was going to end in may 2011 - or I am I getting you mixed up with someone else.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:12 pm

Why would you want to put a lizard in a box in the first place?

Post by **spot** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:41 pm

SnoozeAgain;1354555 wrote: Why would you want to put a lizard in a box in the first place?

And there's me thinking you were familiar with the structures of sexual metaphor, snooze. When my church celebrates the spring solstice I'm often referred to as Iguana Man. Mind you, it's a strange church.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:25 pm

As long as we have electricity or batteries, we're good.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:33 pm

And the net on our cell phones too!

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:19 pm

along-for-the-ride;1354577 wrote: As long as we have electricity or batteries, we're good.

That's a sexual metaphor, right?

Post by **spot** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:22 pm

SnoozeAgain;1354588 wrote: [quote=along-for-the-ride]As long as we have electricity or batteries, we're good.That's a sexual metaphor, right?[/QUOTE]I did think of introducing you to along-for-the-ride as our local Rabbit distributor when she posted that, but I chickened out.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:22 am

Havent bought a Penthouse in years.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:53 am

spot;1354589 wrote: I did think of introducing you to along-for-the-ride as our local Rabbit distributor when she posted that, but I chickened out.

:wah: Thanks for the chuckle this morning, spot.