Amazed at the good

The creators of the World Wide Web believed they had developed a great vehicle for mankind by spreading information, knowledge and understanding throughout the world.

But there seems to be a big downside.

Much of computer communication appears to be at least trivial, at its worst, mindless, pernicious and very much encouraging murder, terror and violence - really downright nasty.

So it's pretty certain that modern technology does not change man's behaviour for the better.

However, one can take comfort in the French philosopher's comment that "one can be worried about the amount of bad in the world but, think again, one is constantly amazed at the amount of good in the world".

Letter, 28 Aug 2013

Keith Whitfield, Woy Woy