Sunday, March 09, 2003

Technology is not God. The debate continues, though I think the librarians may be setting themselves up for failure by premising their arguements on free speech.  After all, if the technology worked perfectly, then there would be no need to protest its presence.  Politicians and parents aren't concerned about the sites that are blocked -- very few of them use the net to its full extent anyway. Computers in Libraries Make Moral Judgments, Selectively. Public libraries can't shield their patrons from the evils lurking in cyberspace, nor can technology eliminate the problems it creates. By Geoffrey Nunberg. [New York Times: Technology] comment [] 5:22:53 PM