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An excerpt from a recent panel discussion in Philadelphia on the future on the Internet

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The panel discussion took place on November 1, 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania, moderated by Terry Gross.
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2: An excerpt from a recent panel discussion in Philadelphia on the future on the Internet. It was moderated by Terry Gross and took place November 1, 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania. The guest include JAMES GLEICK (glick) who writes about technology for the New York Times Sunday Magazine. PAUL GINSPARG a theoretical physicist in Los Alamos, New Mexico who has developed a specialized electronic bulletin board for scholars. SHERRY TURKLE is the author of "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet." She is a Professor of Sociology in Science at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Ma.PAUL EVAN PETERS, the Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, died a few days after participating in this panel. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER THE FL

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