No censorship ?

MIT uses uncensored student writing to attract prospective students according to the New York Times. That fact is newsworthy because (externally) uncensored writing is generally frowned upon, even when the writer applies a healthy dose of self-censorship. The internet has influenced modern society in uncountable ways, and it has laid bare some of its nastier habits. Indeed, we have gotten so used to censored inhibited writing that there is a public outcry the minute amateur writers produce short random texts. We sue people over three phrases on Facebook, and we fire them over an exclamation on Twitter. The internet gives contemporary society the chance to adapt its criteria for censorship to much milder ones. Hopefully, the much lower treshhold for producing public discourse will lead to more frank, higher level public debates.