summary of Cyberspace for all

In this essay I will be summarizing Cyberspace for all by Esther Dyson. Cyberspace is a place that all people can benefit from. Cyberspace used to be a place where only techies and nerds would hang out. The Net, as it is called, is a place where everyone can go and find something of interest to them. Lost in the furor over porn on the Net is the exhilarating sense of freedom that this new …

…rules. I was especially interested in the part where the author states “Cyberspace allows communities of any size and kind to flourish.” On the Net there is no race, gender or age unless you tell someone or they tell you. This means communities on the Net should have fewer problems then we do in real society. However, we still have to live in a world that is much more cruel than that on the Net.