http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/hmehari/2008/09/22/city-and-cyberspace-thinking/ Just another Weblogs at Harvard Law School weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:11:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/hmehari/2008/09/22/city-and-cyberspace-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-252 EthanZ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:48:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/hmehari/?p=14#comment-252 Here's one idea for how they might fit together, Henok. In both cities and in cyberspace, a lot of people interact with one another. They're strangers, but they share the same space. If they choose to behave badly, they can hurt one another (think of spam or fraud emails in cyberspace, crime in physical cities). If they behave well, you can have interactions that aren't possible anywhere else - in cities and online, you can meet people from all over the world. How do we enhance the capacity of cities and cyberspace to bring us together and minimize the risk that we use these spaces to harm each other? Here’s one idea for how they might fit together, Henok. In both cities and in cyberspace, a lot of people interact with one another. They’re strangers, but they share the same space. If they choose to behave badly, they can hurt one another (think of spam or fraud emails in cyberspace, crime in physical cities). If they behave well, you can have interactions that aren’t possible anywhere else – in cities and online, you can meet people from all over the world. How do we enhance the capacity of cities and cyberspace to bring us together and minimize the risk that we use these spaces to harm each other?

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