Joe Moody’s Web Adventures

The shiny new robot of our imagination tarnishes. Technology was supposed to make life freer and weapons smarter, but complications arise.

In the blooming land of the Internet, a worm slithers through the garden. A script made of code written by a student is causing millions of dollars in damage to thousands of computers. they are calling it “The Great Worm.”

A U.S. battleship accidentally shoots down an Iranian passenger plane, killing 290, saying they mistook it for a hostile jet fighter. A few years back, the Soviets shot down a Korean airliner, killing a similar amount, also concluding computer data lead to a mistake.

Meanwhile the presidential election looms: vice presidential war hero and former CIA brain George Bush goes against everyman union guy Michael Dukakis.

It seems more like Reagan’s legacy against everyone who complained during his eight years. Reagan, who was already so old when he took office, was showing further signs of age. His personality, more than his hair, greyed. But Bush still wins and with it comes a “New World Order.”

But this new world isn’t necessarily a political order of allied countries, it’s the emerging digital world that brings a new information-based society. And with this new society a unique philosophy emerges.