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Monday, July 18, 2005

Digital David

Do you believe in a Digital Dystopia? Or are you a techno-evangelist who believes the Web, the Net and the Tech, are gospels?

I am definitely not your standard walking encyclopedia for biblical references. But I do remember the synopsis of David's story...at least vaguely.

It was a story about courage and righteousness. It was a tale that told of a world where overwhelmingly strong bullies do not always triumph.

GenerationDotcom seems to be living in a world like that as well.

These days, web-clips/blog entries/assorted personal web content-creations are really like the slings and rocks we web-users use to fight the Gate-keeping Goliaths.

(These Goliaths! They treat us like we are monkeys...feeding us half-truths and labelling them as "peanuts"...)

I've noticed the slow, but steady emergence of Digital Davids* in Singapore. They hurl a different kind of rock and rock a different kind of stone(d.)

The works of these modern individuals are peppered with humour and an understanding of local sensitivities.

(*Note to feminist linguists: 'David' is a generic reference point in this discussion)

They do not seek the jungle's law, chaos, or destruction (They are just looking for sex, worship, and ego trips!).

It seems their true search is for justice (or something like that), and the chance to either make light of, or bring light to, the issues they care about.

Still, Generation Dotcom's tech-gifts are all stacked in a pandora's box.

What will happen, when everyone gets fired up for the wrong reason?

I hope we don't lose sight of Paradise.

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The Machine itself controls everything. Vashti’s comfortable little cell, like millions of others, has everything she could ever possibly need: “There were buttons and switches everywhere—buttons to call for food, for music, for clothing. There was the hot-bath button.... There was the cold bath button. There was the button that produced literature, and there were of course the buttons by which she communicated with her friends.”

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