If It's On The Internet,

I Can't Relax And Sink Back In The Couch And Watch 'jeopardy!' The Way I Used To.

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, A Professor Of Political Science At Rutgers University, Has Argued That Geography Seems Less Relevant Than Ever In A World Where Nonstate Actors -- Malleable Entities Like Ethnicities, For Example -- Are As Powerful And Important As The Ones With Governments And Borders. Where On A Map Can You Point To Al-qaeda? Or Google, Or Wal-mart? Everywhere And Nowhere.

As Jeopardy Devotees Know, If You're Trying To Win On The Show, The Buzzer Is All. On Any Given Night, Nearly All The Contestants Know Nearly All The Answers, So It's Just A Matter Of Who Masters Buzzer Rhythm The Best.

Twitter Makes You A Comedian In The Same Way That Digital Cameras Make You A Photographer

Sure I Have A Cell-phone, So I Don't Have To Remember Everyone's Number Anymore, But That Really Wasn't A Core Part Of My Brain.