I'd be a lot more sympathetic to this argument if I thought the people "swinging for the fences" were really creating something of lasting human value. Maybe I'm in the minority on this, but it's not clear to me at all that things like Twitter and Facebook empower the man in the street nearly as much as they empower entrenched interests.
Just yesterday I was privately lamenting all the energy young people today are pouring into gimmicky, me-too social networks and into chasing dollars. I'd love to see that energy redirected into something more artistic and creative and, yes, personal.
Just yesterday I was privately lamenting all the energy young people today are pouring into gimmicky, me-too social networks and into chasing dollars. I'd love to see that energy redirected into something more artistic and creative and, yes, personal.