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Name: Amy Sheldon
From: Ohio
Bio: Experienced internet user
Area of Expertise: Research Scientist/Illuminator
Topic: Community/Culture
Headline: Millions Will Convert to Lives of Voluntary Simplicity
Nutshell: We will ask: "So much and so time-consuming...for what? Why?"
Vision:Cyber-hype will be even more hyped. An interactive internet will still not be as fast as working the TV clicker. We will worry about the unsorted flotsam of our past emails, photos, chats, videos, etc. on hard drives and servers that are no longer available. We will have created a new medical specialties for cyber-phobias, cyber-manias, cyber-obsessions, cyber-absences, cyber-delusions, cyber-nightmares.
Date Submitted: May 6, 2005
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