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Utopians want to excite us about the future possibilities because they want policies that will keep the Internet an open field for bottom-up innovation.
Dystopians want to warn us of the dangers of the Web so we can create policies and practices that will mitigate those dangers.
Realists want to clear away false promises so we can focus on what really needs to be done. Also, they'd like the blowhard utopians to just shut up for a while.
the Web as a medium is likely to be as disruptive as other media that have had profound effects on culture. Perhaps the best comparison is to the effect Gutenberg's invention has had on the West
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