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In today’s society everyone wants to be a part of every new social network that comes along. In Rushkoff’s last four chapters of the book he discusses social, fact, openness, and purpose. Each one of these sections ties in with the significance of connections and communication between people. “Our interactions in digital media shifts back toward the nonfiction on which we all depend to make sense of our world, get the most done, and have the most fun” (Rushkoff pg.106). I think that in these last four sections the most important thing that Rushkoff wants to point out is that the digital community has rules and standards that the people who are a part of that community should be living up to. He wants people to know that programming is an extremely necessary skill that everyone should have instead of just being able to use the basic functions of every single computer out there. The rules of communication have changed significantly because of technology advancements and because of this people barely have a real life conversation due to the fact that people can’t pry themselves away from technology. This can result in someone falling into the digital divide because there are some people out there who either do not want to be involved with computers and the internet and those who don’t have access to computers and the internet. I think that it will be interesting to see whether or not people truly with “Program or Be Programmed” and if and how much the digital divide will decrease.