The internet at forty: A mid-life crisis threatens its future (and a look at its top 10 achievements). Here are 50 things that are being killed by the internet. Is the Internet melting our brains? No! Dennis Baron, author of A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution, explains why such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself (and more). From Dissent, does the Internet help or hurt democracy? The Web was supposed to bring new citizens into the political process — a new study finds that’s just not happening. Who still uses internet cafes? The teen bloggers who took over the internet: John Crace investigates the rise of the super young e-scene and profiles its biggest names. From Wired, a special report on why Craigslist is such a mess (and more and more and more and more and more). Farhad Manjoo on how to fix Craigslist: Better feedback, better search, and more openness. Wikipedia's new editing policy isn't the end of the encyclopedia's democratic age — it's business as usual. Wikipedia promises to clean up its act; does that mean no more famously wrong obituaries? A look at how search engines are about to drive dictionary sites out of business. Is Google evil? New Statesman investigates (and more and more and more). International stereotypes may have disappeared with the Ark but they seem to live on in the weird world of Google Suggest. Which site has the stupidest commenters on the Web? (and more on commenters and more on trolls).
