Will the growing desire for separate sovereign states, as witnessed, for example, by the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in the 1990s, eventually lead to the World Wide Web becoming a series of localised intranets, accessible only to those within the confines of certain geographic territories? So what if you put all the three trends together: rise of nationalism (both geographic and linguistic) and technical advances, you ... Read full entry

Gated communities and retirement villages, such as the Boynton Beach Club, are in danger of creating segregated enclaves in the US, according to Andrew D. Blechman, who warns that some "villages" are literally becoming a law unto themselves. The world's largest retirement community, [is] The Villages of Florida. It's nearly twice the size of Manhattan, gated, and with a population that will top 110,000. Kids can ... Read full entry