Andy Carvin, a technology blogger now working for National Public Radio reports in All Tech Considered on The Mysterious Disappearance of Phil Agre. Agre was an information studies professor at U.C.L.A. that Carvin describes as a "well-known Internet researcher and online publishing pioneer with fans all over the world." Despite this notoriety, Agre was reclusive and seems to have disappeared or "gone off the grid" over a year ago without folks noticing at first and only now reaching the point of beginning a concerted search for him.
This is an intriguing mystery, but it also poignantly shows how we perceive that we are connected and brought closer together by the Internet and social media, but people can slip away without our ever knowing. If Phil Agre is out there, help find him. Share Carvin's story. Join his fan page on Facebook or the Google group created by his friends who are trying to find him.
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