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The Economics of Spam

What's the matter with the Internet? I used to love it, at least the part of it that brought e-mail. One of the highlights of my day used to be Outlook Express's friendly tone announcing that another e-mail had arrived in my inbox. Then I would stop what I was doing to see which friend or colleague was checking in, or what requested information had arrived.

Those were my glory days of e-mail. I miss them. Nowadays, it seems that for every ten e-mails I receive, eight are unsolicited sales pitches, also known as spam. And of those eight, half offer samples of crude and dehumanizing porn. As a result, I never check my e-mail when my children are nearby.

Though I once wrote in praise of ...

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