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Never mind my last comment. I should've just said "Second Life." Those users -- at least the ones who stick around -- invest alot of capital (cultural, emotional, financial, etc). …

What do you think might happen if the federal government tried to implement a centralized innovation initiative?: Would it be a joke? a moderate success? a non-entitiy? or could it…

Beauty. Thanks pg for finding a "concrete example" that iamwil wanted to support my post yesterday on 'web3.0' (or whatever it should be called). If wikipedia is really serious abo…

Is there a "cultural divide" between hackers and business-types in Silicon Valley -- analogous to C.P. Snow's famous distinction between scientists and literary intellectuals? If s…

Sorry, I know it's pretty fuzzy. I don't know if there are any examples until something starts going wrong (IF something starts going wrong). You make a good point about the averag…

Nice. I like those suggestions... But wouldn't it be more fun just to steal movie titles. How about The Web Identity > The Web Supremecy > The Web Ultimatum... did I get the order …

I agree that the terms are silly and abused, but unfortunately we seem to be getting stuck with them. I'd love to have better ones (know any?), but for now, you have to admit that …

Granted. My case isn't very concrete. I'm going by the very general principle that if something isn't growing -- making new connections, adapting, and creating -- then entropy star…

This is great! I just wrote a similar essay on http://blog.openconceptual.com/ proposing a 'philosophy of enterprise,' which also served as an introduction to the work of Alfred No…