Many people today live two lives.
The world-wide network of computers called the Internet has grown rapidly in the past five years, and there are now estimated to be over forty million people using it. Anyone can put information onto the World Wide Web, and once up it can be seen from anywhere in the world. As a new medium, one which may soon grow to be as important as television or even, if you listen to some of the less restrained commentators, print itself, the Internet has to be taken seriously. My six year old daughter has had an email address since she was two and has several electronic penpals around the world. People who do not live close together can remain in regular contact through the telephone, but the quality of interaction possible over the Internet is far richer and more satisfying.