Oh, sure. I don't believe the internet is doing nothing. It can accelerate certain tendencies. But it really does go both ways. I read a number of bloggers who

Oh, sure. I don't believe the internet is doing nothing. It can accelerate certain tendencies. But it really does go both ways. I read a number of bloggers who I strenuously disagree with, for example. I read web forums for my hobbies that aren't as segregated politically as, for example, my neighborhood. As with most things, largescale demographic and economic changes matter more than "soft" cultural shifts. Or that's how I see it, anyway.