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Tools such as language, and then the written alphabet are now taken for granted, and we see no problem with relying on these tools, and being dependent on them to live. The next step in this evolution may involve encompassing everything around us into the Internet. Cars, homes, phones, those were the first to have chips added to give them a window into the Internet. With the advent of twitter and other social networking services, there are less complex objects joining the Internet machine. Kitchen appliances, lamps, even food vending trucks are plugging into this machine.

There is only one machine.

In a TED talk over the summer, Kevin Kelly said that looking back 10 years, we thought the web was going to grow into something like television only better, and we now know that’s not what happening. So we shouldn’t be surprised to find in 10 more years that it’s not going to be the web, only better. Instead it’s going to be something entirely different and more complex that we’re not yet prepared for.

But where’s the privacy, and why doesn’t the idea of losing all control of privacy scare the jeebies out of everyone? And what if it’s lost or misplaced permanently, what recourse do you have? From http://futureoftheinternet.org:

There are many reasons to worry about cloud computing. Data stored in the cloud can be difficult to extract for you, yet all too easy to demand by government. Applications running the cloud can mean new gatekeepers between you and your data.