This is an excellent rant that I do have disagreements with. Nonetheless, I don't mark something "thumbs down" because I disagree with it (I mention that because many people have been telling me nowadays that they do vote like that, and it bothers me). In any case, the middle of the essay has a passage or two that are exactly on target: he talks about how the ability of people to receive emoluments appropriate to their work online hasn't been figured out yet, and raises the possibility that hype about the future isn't just a trivial problem, but one that distracts from actual problems.
Mar 5, 2007 12:40pm