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Peter Allen's avatar

I'm chuckling at the brilliant turns of phrase and terrified at the implication. I want to protest the spending freeze and apparent usurpation of the power of the purse... But then I think maybe I should make a video to spread the word. I catch myself thinking "if it's not an online spectacle, what's the point?" The online buzz about the thing is more important than the thing? I hate that I think that way instinctually.

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Gregg R's avatar

Speaking of William Gibson, he also said, "The Internet, an unprecedented driver of change, was a complete accident, and that seems more often the way of things. … Had nations better understood the potential of the Internet, I suspect they might well have strangled it in its cradle. Emergent technology is, by its very nature, out of control, and leads to unpredictable outcomes." And how.

Looking forward eagerly to the next installment.

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