There is some truly well written material here on Facebook and Twitter and in the blogsphere.
It is fresh, immediate, and compelling.
It is edgy and controversial.
It is raw, real, and relevant.
Of course there is junk, untruth, half-truth, and trash. You have to sort it out. You have to explore the sources and verify, but the wealth of information from the ground and the collaborative power of thinking together is a gift of our times.
I don't agree with everything I read, but when I find something well thought with which I disagree, I find it a lot easier to address what it is with which I truly disagree and not be sucked into a sinkhole of generalizations or a shooting match of talking point bullets.
I really love this medium for the potential it has for reading, thinking, responding.
It is the Luther-Erasmus correspondence -- only quicker!
It is up to you - all of you - how well it will be used.
And that is the genius of it.
