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Rewiring DotCom Culture Recorded June 25, 2000 G U E S T [S] :
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MODERATED BY:
The Rev. Gwyneth Murphy
The dot-com goldrush has changed the cultural landscape of our society. What are the values of this digital community? From "sudden wealth syndrome" to "technolibertarians," are the blinders of greed and selfishness increasingly defining our world views? Paulina Borsook, a critic of high-tech culture and writer for Salon, Wired, and Mother Jones, joins Paul Saffo, Director of the Institute of the Future, and Kevin Jones, journalist and business analyst for Forbes ASAP and Interactive Week, to take a hard look at the "religion" of silicon valley.
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Bill Joy, one of the founders of Sun Microsystems, gives us his predictions
of where technology is headed and how it will continue to reshape our
lives and the way we think.
Three digital experts, Russ Mitchell from Wired Magazine, Sarah Blackmun
of the Electronic University Network, and Richard Friedhoff author of
Visualization: the Second Computer Revolution, discuss issues of community,
spirituality, and transformation in the age of the computer.
Jeff Zaleski discusses the nature of the Internet, focusing on the implications
of the medium for one's consciousness. Is it possible for the Internet
to coexist with a fulfilling spiritual life?
