Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time.

The industrial revolution took the father out of the home and put the kids in school. And then everyone had their own little scene.

Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form.

There are always a few people who are hyper-normal.

The audience is a big part of the show.

Journalists don't have audiences, they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than the traditional letters to the editor could wield.

Mobile communications and pervasive computing technologies, together with social contracts that were never possible before, are already beginning to change the way people meet, mate, work, war, buy, sell, govern and create.