A nun's perspective on web communities
Joan Chittister, a Benedictine nun, describes her gradual embrace of the Internet as a medium of social change. Though initially wary of advertising and privacy issues, she was surprised by the potency of online communities like
MoveOn.org and the ease of organizing social justice discussions. She says:
I've seen the Internet's power to organize large crowds of people, seemingly out of nowhere, to do anything anywhere at anytime together -- a kind of "do it yourself" mob scene technology.
But also:
The Internet carries within itself the quiet power to organize the whole world into one great thoughtful colloquy.
It's nice to be reminded.
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