Thanks Barry, a sign of the times and an example of another culture lag made right. On another matter: in the beginning there was laughter. Now more than ever. Check out Pluto for advice and soothing, especially if you have kids at home: https://www.upworthy.com/pluto-the-pandemic-hero-dog Cheers, Gary www.garymarx.net From: CITAMS <citams-bounces@list.citams.org> On Behalf Of Barry Wellman Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:44 AM To: citams-list <citams@list.citams.org> Subject: [CITAMS] ICTs as essential services Ontario has declared ICTs an Essential Service--presumably for our mental health, info, comm, and remote work. Who would have thunk it 30+ years ago when I got into the internet game and had to (a) convince fellow sociologists that ICTs were socially important, and (b) convince computer scientists to look beyond what they called (and still do) Human-Computer Interaction. -- =================== Barry Wellman, FRSC Director, NetLab Network Founder, International Network for Social Network Analysis Kyle Lowry is My Spirit Animal Step by step, link by link, putting it together--Streisand/Sondheim The earth to be spannd, connected by network--Walt Whitman It's Always Something--Roseanne Roseannadanna A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times--You Are There! NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Wellman