Web 3.0

First off, I believe we will be entering the age of "Web 3.o" much sooner than we are ready for. As the internet and technology related to the internet continue to become popularized and a part of our lives, the new web shall come upon much sooner than I think we are ready for. We need to stop and think about the consequences and moral and social impacts that a more interactive and powerful web will bring to us. What worries me is how much Web 3.o will compromise our privacy. More and more things will be done solely online, and we will be keep and submit more and more personal information onto the web. Without sounding paranoid, the government could easily use the applications of Web 3.o to invade our free will and rights. Also, I feel as though our appreciation of the physical world will continue to diminish. More and more human interactions, whether business or personal, will take place on the web, and we will lose a sense of reality.

Kevin Kelly Analysis

I thought that Kelly's discussion was both very interesting and done in a very artful way. It was strange that he kept using words like "the one" and giving human qualities to the internet and technology, almost as if it were an all powerful being. The language he used to describe technology was both artful, and also said something about he feels about what the internet and technology will become. It scared me a little. It makes me a little uneasy because as the internet and technology becomes an increasingly interactive and important part of our lives, we lose other things in the process. As technology becomes more powerful, it will only continue to take over our lives leaving little room for the physical things in the world. Technology is going to continue pushing other things out of our lives making many things obsolete.