IP: TECHNOREALISTS SOUND OFF and off and off

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

A group of 12 technology-literate writers and commentators calling
themselves "technorealists" have published a statement of principles
emphasizing a common sense approach toward technology and advocating a
balanced position between opposing camps of techno-utopians and
neo-Luddites.  The statement includes an assertion that the government has
an important role to play in regulating computer networks:  "Cyberspace is
not formally a place or jurisdiction separate from earth.  It is foolish to
say that the public has no sovereignty over what an errant citizen or
fraudulent corporation does online."  Other technorealist doctrines include:
"Wiring the schools will not save them," and "Information wants to be
protected."  < http://www.technorealism.org >  (Chronicle of Higher
Education 3 Apr 98)