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The End of Prohibition
Why gay marriage, getting high, and going to Cuba will soon be legal.
By Jacob Weisberg
Posted Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at 7:06 AM ET
Fascinating article, made doubly so by this one quote: "the freest communications medium the world has ever known [Internet] has raised expectations of personal liberty. In a world where everyone has his own printing press, restrictions on private behavior become increasingly untenable."
While much of what he says is fairly interesting this struck me as extremely insightful. After hours spent in Literature classes discussing the great canonical writers and their contributions to society I can safely posit that our printing mechanisms (and access to them) has has a huge impact on what is studied today and what has directly influenced the most people and why. I would love to sit around and discuss how the mighty internets fits into this paradigm.
The End of Prohibition
Why gay marriage, getting high, and going to Cuba will soon be legal.
By Jacob Weisberg
Posted Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at 7:06 AM ET
Fascinating article, made doubly so by this one quote: "the freest communications medium the world has ever known [Internet] has raised expectations of personal liberty. In a world where everyone has his own printing press, restrictions on private behavior become increasingly untenable."
While much of what he says is fairly interesting this struck me as extremely insightful. After hours spent in Literature classes discussing the great canonical writers and their contributions to society I can safely posit that our printing mechanisms (and access to them) has has a huge impact on what is studied today and what has directly influenced the most people and why. I would love to sit around and discuss how the mighty internets fits into this paradigm.