A flashforward about the Internet

How do you think the Internet will be in the next decades?
The question is asked but the answer seems uneasy to formulate.

The Internet is evolving right now as I'm writing this post. Our knowledges of this media are limited even if we keep ourselves watchful on its evolutions. Social networks, e-shopping, music, books, the Internet includes now everything we new in the 'real world'.

If we let our imagination fly we could imagine a chair on which we would sit down and have our body connected on the Internet. Our brain's activity would be controled so we would be able to navigate on the web just by thinking of it. What I try to imagine here is a fully-involved body. Not only our fingers tipping on the keyboard or our eyes to see the screen. But the depth of our body and its energy.

We never know!

10 ways to survive on the Internet and make it our own way

1) Ready

Before going on the Internet, be sure you've got your Mountain shoes on. Cause where you're going you need tools, maps, and attention. It's and brand new world that is being offered to your lonely soul. Well, now you're ready let's step to the next commandment.

2) Steady

Take it slowly. Never run too fast or you'll fall down in the blink of an eye. There's no real motorway on the Internet but mostly small and steep ways. As soon as you doubt, take the time to think and avoid a wrong choice. Virus, spam, pornography, many programm can enter your system and destroy it. 

3) Go!

When you know where you're going by clicking on this link or that one then GO for it!

Christophe Lemaitre, a very successfull french runner

4) Thou shalt remain lucid

The Internet is like a crime scene. You have to watch your steps not to destroy evidence. It is the issue of faith and reliability of the person you'd talk to or websites you'd visit.

5) Thou shalt not trust anybody

Everybody is anonymous on the Internet. I could be a 16 years-old girl or a grandpa. I can be anyone I want. So if you do not know who you are talking to, remain lucid (previous commandment) and do not trust anybody.

'Mamika' from Sacha Goldberger

6) Thou shalt be you

But the Internet is not only hell on earth. You can make it your own way. And if you do you'll see how clever your use of the Internet can be. You have a personality so show it!

7) Thou shalt clic and clic and clic

When you're confident, feel free to go from websites to websites, use links as bridges to travel all aroung the Web. This is the best way to discover new people, new films, new albums or find new places to go to in holidays.

Valérie Damidot runs a DIY programm on the french TV

8) Thou shalt customize

DIY! Chose the background of your Gmail account, change the police of the titles in your blog, set up a different homepage when you go on Firefox, and so on.

9) Thou shalt e-shop

Take advantage of what the Internet gives you. Avoid the crowd in shops for the Christmas shopping and rather shop online!

10) Thou shalt turn off your computer

Go back to your mind. This is the only irremediable wealth you'll ever have. Good night.

Financial crisis : the Internet as a paired equilibrium

The question we're asking ourselves here is : How does the Interent contribute to the crisis and how could it be a source of a solution? Let's first see why we could say the Internet is responsible and secondly how it's not.

The Internet does carry responsibilities in the fiancial crisis because it contributes to maintain and nourish the debate and the fear. A massive amount information travels on the Web everyday and the reliability is not always  checked (read more about reliability in an other article I posted here).

But does the Internet have to be responsible for the mistakes of the Banks? Does the Internet lend the money to indebted people? Does the Internet grant golden parachutes?

Internet as a tool for leadership

The Internet is an inexhaustible source of manipulation. Yes it is.
If someone asked me how would I use the Internet as a tool for leadership, I would give him 3 main ways to do it.

1) Illusion
Let's first give the impression of liberty and democracy to my people. They still can visit whatever websites they want. They still register and log in. They still fill forms with their names, adresses, telephone numbers, e-mail adresses, and so on. They give me all the informations I need to know about them in case I want to find them or threat them or black mail them.

2) Protection
Secondly, I'll reduce the access to the Internet for my people. I'll only keep one national Internet company on which I'll have a total access. I'll do it as the only way to protect them from the great dangers threating us from the outer world. "We are strong but somes think we're not and for this reason they try to make you think whatever lies they want. So this is my duty, as your leader, to protect you and to ensure our stability and our sovereignty."

3) Repression
I'll shut down Twitter and Facebook to make sure my people has no contact with the outer world. I'll justify it as a moral duty. I'll keep one social network to maintain the illusion of democracy. Every single foreign search engine, social network, e-mail programm. will be censured and replaced by a national copy of it.

When you don't have the possibilty to step back and have a clear view on what's going on in your country, you trust the charismatic only leader you have. Cuba, China, North Korea, Iran, and so on.