External Reality Is Sort Of

If You Want To Know What's Really Going On In A Society Or Ideology, Follow The Money. If Money Is Flowing To Advertising Instead Of Musicians, Journalists, And Artists, Then A Society Is More Concerned With Manipulation Than Truth Or Beauty.

Digital Technologies Are Setting Down The New Grooves Of How People Live, How We Do Business, How We Do Everything--and They're Doing It According To The Expectations Of Foolish Utopian Scenarios. We Want Free Online Experiences So Badly That We Are Happy To Not Be Paid For Information That Comes From Us Now Or Ever. That Sensibility Also Implies That The More Dominant Information Becomes In Our Economy, The Less Most Of Us Will Be Worth.

There Will Always Be Humans, Lots Of Them, Who Provide The Data That Makes The Networked Realization Of Any Technology Better And Cheaper.

A Remarkable Thing About The Silicon Valley Culture Is That Its Status Structure Is So Based On Technical Accomplishment And Prowess.

Evolution Has Never Found A Way To Be Any Speed But Very Slow.