Library 2.0

Or should we say "World 2.0"?

In a global sense, Islamic terrorists may best understand how to utilize internet power.

Or we could tip our hats to "Perverts 2.0".

Sexual predators are able facilitators as well.

Technological gurus and commercial practitioners have sold themselves and are selling us on the social benefits of Web 2.0. But we run the risk of losing sight of the forest for the trees. Cellphone users are constantly connected--to someone somewhere else. They are more closed off from their immediate surroundings. They don't say hello or smile to people they pass on the street, and they crash into the automobiles ahead of them.

We need to consider--and seriously--what we mean by words like "social" and "community".