1998

In an article named, "Is cyberspace our friend or foe?: Or the worst thing that ever happened?," Nick Wilgus discusses the effects of cyberspace outside of the western world. Published December 16, 1998 by the Bangkok post, Wilgus points out that at the time in order to truly explore the web, which he uses interchangeably with cyberspace, that one must understand the English language. He states that because of this, cyberspace has become "a great way to smother the world in bleary-eyed sameness." He also explored the fact that there was a large population of the world that had never seen a telephone, much less a computer or the world wide web. It is apparent from this article that the global influence of the web was not yet realized where he was located. Today there are many ways to communicate with the eastern world through cyberspace. The use of computer-mediated-communication has bridged some of this gap. I would be interested in seeing what he had to say today in 2008.