Dr. DigiPol

Tom Friedman says the internet is the dial tone of the 21st Century. Really? To me, “dial tone” conjures up images of one-to-one conversations over a dedicated line. But the internet is an omni conversational dynamic platform. One-to-one, sure, but also one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many conversations are also possible. So the use of such a round world metaphor as a dial tone by Mr. Friedman seems most inappropriate.

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