For all of its banality and lies, the Internet still has the power to live up to its promise. It truly is the repository of the sum of human knowledge and invention, of art and discovery, of science and history. It’s up to each individual to do his or her part to take advantage of this treasure at our fingertips. Become digitally literate. Learn to separate fact from fiction. Learn to think critically. Learn history. For if not, as Santayana warned, our infancy will be perpetual and our cycle of suffering eternal.
