Yes, I see the irony. :) I actually don't think the internet is all bad, but I often wish that web technology had stopped before smart phones were invented. There was a certain innocence, a freedom about the early internet. It hadn't been co-opted by corporations and governments, for one. Anyway, I think about this often, the gifts and problems that the internet has brought to us. All I know is that I felt so free for the year I has no internet or a smart phone when I lived in Portland--just not tied down, and almost more... grounded. Does anyone know what I mean? What's your opinion on the internet?