Spot on. >So, for smart people, the internet was like the jump from hand copied manuscripts to the printing press. It really boosted the efficiency of somethin

Spot on. >So, for smart people, the internet was like the jump from hand copied manuscripts to the printing press. It really boosted the efficiency of something we were already doing. For stupid, the internet was like the discovery of fire. I might add, for stupid, it was discovering the ladder to the pulpit. The ability of the internet (with the help of supporting sites/apps/forums/boards of course) to bring together like-minded people has been amazingly transformative and I'd conjecture, has allowed remarkable and exponential progress in thousands of different fields, both productive and stupid. What I don't think I've seen yet is for a real political movement that started and proliferated on the internet gain enough traction to see a bill created then become law. Maybe it's just a matter of time?