A Coming of Age I get the feeling there a governments around the planet watching us do this thinking "Oh Fuck!" This is humanity coming of age... communicating amongst the masses for the first time... realising the power the intertubes has given us.. I don't think I'm being too dramatic by saying that when this is done and dusted (scilons etc.) humans will stand back and say that this was the birth of a new way of being, individuals wielding the power of thought and justice and the basic good that is within most of us. Something as simple and weak as national government or the nation state cannot control something like anonymous. Leaderless but with one mind, powerful yet tenuous, information rich and swift of worldwide communication. The history books will look back on us and say "It started here.....!"
Re: A Coming of Age Shhhhh, we'll take on Bu$h and the NWO after we are done cutting our teeth on the Co$. Silly.
Re: A Coming of Age Humanity, no. The internet, maybe. And I don't think we're "coming of age" so much as "entering that awkward adolescent stage". Seriously - there's that early adolescent period where you say as many bad words as possible, testing your boundaries. That's what the 'chans are. Then, there's those first few attempts at "growing up", finding out not just what you are and aren't allowed to do, but what you actually CAN do. That's where we are now. I think.
