Futurizing the Jews, Tsvi Bisk and Moshe Dror page 173
Unlimited Knowledge
Cyberspace has no limits to the amount of knowledge it can generate and send to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Cyberspace represents the liberation of humankind from the limitations of matter. Humanity no longer deals exclusively with matter but also with elements of our collective human minds electronically encoded. Because the human mind is “the infinite resource” (according to Professor William Hallal in his book by the same name), humanity for the first time has unlimited resources and options to realize its human being.
Decentralized
Even though the internet was originally a Pentagon initiative, it is not regulated by the government. It is organized by private voluntary organizations that want to keep it open for everyone. Some people believe that the internet is inherently incapable of being regulated, that the technology and software present internet libertarian with constantly increasing opportunities to outflank any attempts to restrict his or her freedom. No one really owns any aspect of cyberspace in the same sense that they own land or building space. Cyberspace is a modern version of the common. We all “own” it when we see it.
Empowerment and Freedom of Access
No regulation means no bureaucracy to limit parameters of use. The highway grid is replaced by an open system in which we “get on” or “get off” wherever and whenever we please, a system in which we move information in any way necessary to send messages to their destination.
Hospitable when Customized
Computer technology and software present us with a curious and happy paradox. The technology and software are uniform…but everyone can use them individually to answer his or her cyber needs. The technology liberates us from the Second Wave of massification and enables us to explore the Third Wave of individualization.