Sometimes the Church and the Internet are alike. Consider this Internet overview by Clay Shirky in a Corante Blog:
"The Internet is not an improvement to modern society; it is a challenge to it. New technology makes new things possible, or, put another way, when new technology appears, previously impossible things start occurring. If enough of those impossible things are significantly important, and happen in a bundle, quickly, the change becomes a revolution. The hallmark of revolution is that the goals of the revolutionaries cannot be contained by the institutional structure of the society they live in. As a result, either the revolutionaries are put down, or some of those institutions are transmogrified, replaced, or simply destroyed. We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic. All businesses are media businesses, because whatever else they do, all businesses rely on the managing of information for two audiences — employees and the world. The increase in the power of both individuals and groups, outside traditional organizational structures, is epochal. Many institutions we rely on today will not survive this change without radical alteration." Is the Church radically altering the fabric of society around it?
The Church and the Internet
Yes, I'm still traveling and grossly miscalculated my wifi access. And no, I will not pay for what should be a basic necessity. (It should be noted, however, that I also said this about bottled water at one point.) Sorry for all the missed emails, etc. Here's something to think about while I'm not thinking….
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