The growing centralization of the Internet -- manifested in our increasing reliance on "The Cloud" -- threatens the nature of our relationship with the technologies that shape modern life. The user interface changes that invariably enrage some contingent of users are just a trivial edge of the total space that describes the consequences of relinquishing control over our software to large commercial enterprises. There are entire categories of larger consequences.

In a period of about 2 months, it seems like most of my contacts have all deserted linkedin and moved to facebook.

yikes, this stockpicking competition arena is getting crowded

emocracy is about spreading ideas and causing action.

Godin says this starts with TV -- interrupt people to put your idea in front of them. This worked. Especially in politics.

The TV industrial complex: Buy ads, get donati

The -social- network is the company