When America lost its sense of community, its citizens lost their sense of connectivity to each other and to their elected representatives. Those who had assembled on the town square knew that they had the power because they were united in common goals. They knew that elected officials were just that-elected. In the last few months I have discovered what I believe will be the Town Square of the 21st Century. Easy to get to in any weather, it welcomes people from across the country and around the world.
Strangers can meet and share the latest news whether it's personal, professional or political.
I've spent a lot of time on this Town Square recently, and I believe it will bring back that sense of community and empowerment that's been sorely missing. What I'm referring to, of course, is the Internetthat global interactive community of people connecting in cyberspace via telephone lines and computer keyboards. For the uninitiated, it's as easy to use as an old fashioned wind up alarm clock. My reason for becoming intimately involved with the Internet was my quest to find as many people as possible who cared about the proposed changes to America's federal patent laws. While my introduction to the Internet occurred a couple of years ago, I didn't begin to have an appreciation for its power until just recently.