The Ars Technicast Episode 2 | Internet: Huh, yeah, what is it good for?

In this week's episode we take a retrospective look at the Internet and discuss the impact it has made in each one of us. We started our discussion as a response to Paul Miller's current experiment to disconnect himself from the Internet for one year, while continuing his work as a journalist. Our host, Senior Apple Editor Jacqui Cheng is joined by Open Source Editor Ryan Paul, Microsoft Editor Peter Bright, Contributing Writer Casey Johnston and Social Editor Cesar Torres. We will talk about our various different entry points into Internet and Internet culture, as well as ways in which we are dependent on it today for certain social interactions. What parts of the Internet can we live without? And how hasour individual relationship with the Internet has changed over the years? Take a listen to find out. Join our team of Ars editors in this discussion, and keep your ears open for the occasional cameo from Jacqui’s cats. What kind of impact has the Internet had on your life?  Links I'm leaving the Internet for a year Multi-user dungeons Klouchebag Distributed System Control Systems Related Ars Technica stories From the first e-mail through the WELL and USENET: a pre-history of social networking How the London riots showed us two sides of social networking The essence of the 'Net: a history of the protocols that hold the network together  Ferretchicken artist rendering in our story Bird flu paper published despite worries of weaponization Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices