The best science fiction, and this is just my opinion, is that which takes a current fashion, law, trend, or scientific discovery and extrapolates and imagines what that will do to the future.
With that in mind, will this happen to the Internet?
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THINGS YOU MAY NEVER SEE ON THE INTERNET
"Dear Users, we have all gone bankrupt and are shutting down. Go back to e-mail. Sincerely, Facebook/Twitter/MySpace/LiveJournal/LinkedIn/YouTube."
An intelligent, polite discussion regarding two differing viewpoints on religion or politics.
The Nigerian Oil Minister arrives in Cleveland to award $6 million to someone who helped them through an e-mail exchange.
Star Trek and Star Wars fans find a peaceful way to merge universes and co-exist.
Ye Amish Brethren Corvette Owners Website.
[selected (with a few minor edits) from Chris White's Top Five on the Internet]
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WORDS for YOUR WEEK: "The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you." (Tennessee Williams)
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