I have a counterpoint. Perhaps ~unique, but still, and maybe not that unique here. Without the Internet, I'd be far more limited in communicating with others w

I have a counterpoint. Perhaps ~unique, but still, and maybe not that unique here. Without the Internet, I'd be far more limited in communicating with others who share my interests. Or even have much of a clue what I'm going on about, or why. In academia, and later in the NGO community, I had coworkers and colleagues. But once I went freelance, and especially since I came to love isolated rural places, there was literally nobody local to talk shop with. I mean, I love my wife and our family and friends, but none of them are at all technical. The nearest hackerspace is some hundreds of km away. And anyway, OPSEC limits what I could talk about, in any case. With Mirimir etc, I am "playing a role". But it's a game, and it's fun.