Wikipedia is, of course, a marvel and the wiki philosophy in general deserves every accolade thrown its way. The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is "to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free content license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally." Nothing wrong with that.

For many years, I was radically opposed to the use of cell phones. Not for any profound sociological reasons, really -- I just don't particularly like getting phone calls. This is a familiar lament, but I imagine most people are trying to dodge calls from telemarketers and creditors. In my case, I have to worry about rogue Interpol agents and corporate-sponsored assassins.