I\u2019m moderately confident the term World Wide Web was coined by Berners-Lee before he became a UU, but whatever the details, I find that in his person there is a common touching point between these two usages of the metaphor \u201cweb,\u201d absolutely delightful. <\/div>\n
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It reflects a deeper observation of how the world really is. The consequences of this observation, spiritually and, I feel, politically, are an endless well of wisdom.<\/div>\n
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As
Denise Levertov<\/a> sings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Intricate and untraceable<\/span><\/div>\nweaving and interweaving,<\/span><\/div>\ndark strand with light:<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nDesigned, beyond<\/span><\/div>\nAll spiderly contrivance,<\/span><\/div>\nTo link, not to entrap:<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nElation, grief, joy, contrition,<\/span><\/div>\nentwined;<\/span><\/div>\nshaking, changing, forever<\/span><\/div>\nforming, transforming:<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nAll praise, all praise to the great<\/span><\/div>\nweb.<\/span><\/div>\n
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