Information Highway, The
Information Highway, The | The Myths of the Information Highway
When Juan Ponce de Leon arrived in the New World, he found what is now the Bahamas and Florida. But he was disappointed; he was searching for the Fountain of Youth.
In the 1540s, Francisco Coronado established Spain’s claim to a stretch of land from California to Kansas. But it was almost an afterthought. He wanted El Dorado: The Seven Cities of Gold.
That’s the problem with conquistador-explorers. They often chase the wrong things. When today’s corporate chieftains describe cyberspace, history seems to be repeating itself.
In mid-1994, Bell Atlantic and...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: What Is the Information Highway?
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Chapter 2: How Should the Information Highway Be Developed?
- Development of the Information Highway: An Overview
- The Federal Government Should Expedite the Information Highway
- The Information Highway Should Serve Public Interests over Commerce
- The Private Sector Alone Should Build the Information Highway
- The Information Highway Should Develop According to Consumer Demand
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Chapter 3: Will the Information Highway Benefit Society?
- The Impact of the Information Highway: An Overview
- A Global Information Infrastructure Can Benefit the World
- Internet Bulletin Boards Create a Sense of Community
- The Information Highway Can Promote Environmental Networking
- The Information Highway Can Benefit Blacks
- The Information Highway Benefits Rural Areas
- Virtual Reality Can Help Disabled Persons
- The Information Highway May Not Benefit Society
- The Information Highway Will Not Connect Most of the World’s People
- Corporate Control of the Information Highway Threatens the Public Interest
- The Information Highway May Harm the Environment
- The Information Highway May Not Benefit Minorities
- Computers Occupy Too Much of Children’s Time
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No: The Information Highway May Not Benefit Society
- Regulating Computer Content: An Overview
- Objectionable Computer Content Should Be Regulated
- Computer Pornography Should Be Prohibited
- Sexually Repulsive Internet Postings Should Be Prohibited
- America Needs a Secure Computer Encryption System
- Objectionable Computer Content Should Be Labeled, Not Censored
- Government Should Not Censor the Internet
- Prosecutors Should Not Excessively Target Pornography
- A Government Computer Encryption System Would Threaten Civil Liberties
- Computer Technology Can Filter Out Objectionable Material
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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