What the Japanese are, are the Americans of the 21st century. Essentially what is objectionable about them is what was objectionable about Americans when we had the ball. However, they are committed in a way that American technology is not.

Humans are language machines, computers are language machines.

When the Appollonian strain took over in Greece, they made them into theaters and the original dramas.

We've got a planet in which we don't want to have everybody having sex, and most people are lonely anyway.

Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him.

It's too late by the way, with virtual reality. You can't put the genie back into the bottle.

Telecommuting has its advantages and it has its limits. I think we need to find that sweet spot in between where it helps the environment, it helps people, but it doesn't alienate us and it doesn't cause our organizations to fall apart by centrifugal force.