
Last year the Oxford American Dictionary named “unfriend” its word of the
year. Nevertheless, according to a new
survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, the majority of
technology experts believe the Internet will mostly improve our social relations
over the next 10 years. Things they also believe: The Internet will make us
smarter, not dumber; will improve reading and writing; and, for the most part,
will remain largely unrestricted.