A Democracy of Users

Description

This article addresses how a Republic can thrive in a digital world. A number of Americans were first exposed to the Internet in the 1990s. In those years, the noise of Internet dial-up was the sound of progress and AOL’s treasured phrase “You’ve got mail!” linked users and communities in new and profound ways that only a short time before was the strict purview of science fiction. In 2017, individuals navigate their world via digital devices. In a literal sense, analog maps are museum pieces as many people get from A to B using a variety of smart phone apps. Today’s citizen lives an e-existence and therein lies a multitude of possibilities and pitfalls.