A vague musing at year-end

One of the most engaging things about the internet is the incredible variety of people one encounters in odd corners of it.  Humans are so fascinatingly different in their interests and imaginings and talents.  And with the internet (and a certain amount of chutzpah) everyone can put themselves out there, each one adding more color and animation to the world.

On the other hand, I can't shake the feeling that some of my favorite internet people would be bewildered, or even appalled, by each other.

But ever-increasing diversity is the inexorable reality of the modern world, and the stance that only one way of life and one channel of desire can be legitimate is a relic of the dying era of religious and tribal conformity.

The real enemy is the mind-set that instinctively recoils from all that is not like itself.

I'm thankful for the existence of all of you.