To be had for good and evil...

Time and again, advances in technology prove to be neither the savior of our society, nor the cause of it's destruction. And yet these exaggerated and myopic perspectives continue to persist. Recent events in Tunisia have shown the Internet, social networking, and streaming media being used for both good and evil. The Atlantic on Tunisia: revolution and mass identity theft.
Whether we prove to be our destruction or find our utopia depends less on The New and Newer Tools, and more on the quality of the human spirit.

Government 2.0

The open-source model that is so popular and idolized in the software and tech community, is now (finally) being adopted in government. The open-source model is the best model, period. It brings the greatest mutual benefit to humanity. And it achieves exactly what the communists we trying to achieve -- except it actually works. It is voluntary on community and individual levels, it keeps governing power in the hands of the people, and it is transparent.

Spiderman's grandpa was right

Have you ever wondered why this age has been so blessed with technological wonders? We have more free time, more longevity, more information at our fingertips; this generation is more powerful than any before, both individually and collectively.
With great power comes great responsibility. While others have done so much with so little, we do relatively little. The solution? Perhaps a little thanks-giving. Or a lot.

[Focus and Priorities, by Dallin Oaks]