A Frightening Week

“When something you have come to rely on is taken away from you,
it is frightening.

“This week, when I read that Egypt’s government was able to
completely turn off the Internet in country, it stunned me. The
Internet was designed to be immune to such things.

“I have come to accept the idea that I can skype with anyone
anywhere in the world at any time as “the way it is.” I have come
to accept the idea that I can text message anyone with a cell phone
anywhere in the world at any time as “the way it is.” I have come
to accept that I can check twitter and find out what is happening
all over the world in real time as “the way it is.”

“Well it isn’t exactly the way it is. And that is frightening to
me.”

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