Internet. Good for information. After all, we assign a company or agency department the acronym "IT" --short for "Information Technology." Only a coincidence or subconscious intention that it also spells "it", as in Allan Watts' collection of essays, This Is It ?

But what about affairs of the heart, the soul? What about the communication that happens with the knowing glance, the compassionate chuckle, the hug? The Internet, for all of its strengths, does little for me here.