Internet Dehumanizes


"The Internet favors the mob over the individual, and group efforts like Wikipedia are prized, even as they peel away personality and perspective. Uncredited bits of information — article excerpts, photos, video, etc. — are stripped of their humanity by being stripped of their context.
[. . .]
The result of all this, says Lanier, is that “when you ask people not to be people, they revert to bad, mob-like behaviors,” noting how vicious anonymous commenters even have driven some to suicide."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/books/you_are_not_gadget_manifesto_FJh8VNuK1Lz4w8IXdGUT6H

You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto
How the Internet is leading toward “digital Maoism” and the loss of individuality
By LARRY GETLEN
New York Post
Last Updated: 6:07 AM, January 10, 2010
Posted: 1:54 AM, January 10, 2010