You can now be a master of your own destiny. I'm not sure why you would sign up with a record label.

I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because they've heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting.

At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.

Little startups are ridiculously overfunded.

In truth the social media elements of the Obama campaign, while extremely innovative, did not produce a lot of results.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.