Re: Internet as Collective Unconscious

Thanks for a thought-provoking post. It brought to mind several thoughts I've had as a result of observing interaction in newsgroups. Does/can/should the internet really promote "collectiveness?" I'm thinking of nationalism and cultural-based attitudes.

I've thought the net might serve as a great means for promoting mutual understanding. But instead I've observed many confrontations, often resulting from prejudice or bias.

Perhaps the internet can serve as a medium but it's the users of the medium, not the medium itself, that determine its personal or societal impact. It seems the travellers bring their old baggage with them.

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re: collective unconscious, by John Suler, 8/29/97 Collective Unconscious, by Loren Bawn, 9/5/97 re: collective unconscious, by John Suler, 9/6/97 Connectedness, by Jenny Schwieters, 9/10/97 re: connectedness, by John Suler, 9/10/97 Re your observation, by Jenny Schwieters, 9/11/97 re: your observation, by John Suler, 9/11/97 Re: Internet as Collective Unconscious, by C. Tupper, 5/10/99

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