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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1127084, member: 6036&quot;]It points out an interesting phenomenon... even really good things have some negative side effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, consider cell phones. A really, really good thing. And yet, they have side effects, such as distracted driving. We accept the good while mitigating the bad; the net effect is we are way ahead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, the Internet has ushered in The Information Age. Clearly, that&#039;s a huge positive. And yet, it has a significant negative side effect... The Mis-Information Age.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Internet allows individuals unprecedented access to speak their minds and express their ideas. Many of the most passionate are not very well informed, but they speak with a bullhorn and convince others of absurdities.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>It was inevitable. The Information Age had to be accompanied by The Mis-Information Age. </b>The wonderful blessing of the Internet had to accompanied by a negative side effect. We accept the good while mitigating the bad. Overall, we&#039;re way ahead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Individuals need to reject fear-based rants. We need to quit burying our heads in the most negative perspectives we can unearth. Authors like that &quot;got issues&quot;. They need help. It just goes to show how extreme things get when people see only half the story, which is very common with us Homo Sapiens. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm. Homo Sapiens. &quot;The One, The Wise&quot;. I&#039;m beginning to wonder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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