New York Times contributor Peggy Orenstein tackles the theme of self-control within the context and relation of the internet. This article explores such ideas and questions such as the usefulness of the internet and its content, and the state of the individual human mind. "Freedom" a program developed by Fred Stutzman is an application available for Macs and is gaining both popularity and notoriety. What does it do? Well, the it lets you, the owner of the computer, block internet access for set periods of time. This brings to mind many questions about our current society, the most obvious probably being...what kind of pathetic state are we in if we have such a lack of self-control over the time we spend online that we must seek Freedom? Hmm...
a link to the article
and to the application "Freedom"
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