9/11, as everyone agrees, was a terrible atrocity, maybe the worst single terrorist crime ever. Undoubtedly had major consequences which we are living with. It may be useful to carry out a thought experiment and ask how bad it could’ve been. It could’ve been much worse.
Nostalgia for the Net: Debbie Chachra
presented by Deb Chachra
For a while, I would go to bed at the normal time for like a 12 year-old, and then I would wake up at three o'clock in the morning, head downstairs, plug in the modem, dial into one of these BBSes, and spend a couple of hours chatting with strangers, before packing it up around five AM and going back to bed. Read more →