And yet, no one talks about it. I guess it's due to how it has become such an integral part of our lives now, we simply do not give it much thought anymore. Well, for all of you reading this, that is probably the case. Think of all those without this wondrous tool you are wielding right now. Not just children in some far off under-developed country, in your country, in your neighborhood. We are quickly reaching the point where everyone can assume one has internet access of some sort. Yet, not everyone has access. Interior America is a good example of this. There, among the endless fields of corn and wheat, school computer labs are the closest one can get to the internet. In comparison to the children in urban areas, the sons and daughters of farmers are at a severe disadvantage.
What do our politicians think of the internet? They do one of two things. They either don't talk about it, thinking the issue insignificant, or try to regulate it, crushing the free nature that made the internet what is is today. This is unacceptable in totality. Politicians should be at the very least acknowledging the important nature of the internet. They should not bury their heads in the sand, and they should not be trying to crush internet usage through regulation. The future lies on the internet and thus, our politicians should be having some form of positive discourse about it. And yet, not a single question was proposed in the presidential debates
Some food for thought.
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