The growth of the Internet has changed more about ordinary life than just any event over the last 15 years. Many people now have trouble remembering what life was like before the Web. So why is it so hard to trust other people on the Internet? And how can we increase Internet security while bringing individuals closest together?

Pete Mortensen and Conrad Wai of Jump will speak about how to avoid the “Prisoner’s Dilemma of the Web” at the Designing User Experience: DUX 2007 conference at Chicago’s Hotel Intercontinental on Wed. Oct. 7. Be sure to say, hi if you happen to be in the neighborhood. The paper on which their presentation is based will be available as a download following the conference.