It's a small and flat world
Steve Yelvington writes about one of the things that has always intrigued me about the Internet. It's not that I a world of information is "one click away." Long ago, I got used to that, even to the point of being irritated when it's two clicks away.
No, it's this idea that Minnesotans are discussing the Minneapolis bridge collapse at a New York Times blog. These aren't Minnesotans living in New York but Minnesotans living in Minneapolis.
It helps understand how community is redefined in the wired world.