Interesting points on how having a consistent, real-world identity on the internet is almost forced as the standard on the internet, which is a turnaround from how the internet first looked:
It seems to me that the larger issue in this ongoing real names debate is not who you say you are, but the usefulness of a unified Web identity. The more we condense our online selves into a single person, the more reliable, accountable and monetizable our Web experiences can be.