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Three Paradoxes of the Internet Age

1. More access to information doesn’t bring people together, often it isolates us.
2. Individual perception of increased choice can occur while the overall choice pool is getting smaller.
3. The myth of personal empowerment takes root amidst a massive loss of personal control.

These are not mine. It is Joshua-Michéle Ross that published these three paradoxes of the internet over a three article series on O’Reilly Radar: ☞ part 1, ☞ part2 and ☞ part 3

While you don’t have to agree with him, I think you should look around (on the internet though) and see if you cannot find good signs of these paradoxes. Here are the samples I came up with:

• Paradox 1: Facebook success comes in my opinion from us getting more separated and trying to get back to our friends. Facebook example can be used also for paradox 3: getting more public is empowering, but the more know about you the less control you have about the information out there about yourself.