Doc and I have cowritten an article – World of Ends – that point of which is:

We can stop being blockheads now.

No, not you and me. It’s them other people who are the blockheads, the ones who keep making the same mistakes over and over about the Internet – what Doc calls “Repetitive Mistake Syndrome.” It’s the telcos, the recording industry, elements of the publishing industry, government … you know, the blockheads.

Doc and I try to lay out clearly what the Internet actually is. [SPOILER] It’s not wires, it’s not programming, it’s not a way to build robotic customer relationships. The Internet is an agreement. Plain and simple.

Take a look and tell us what you think. We have a discussion board especially for that purpose. We’ve been working on this for about two months, on and off. It feels good to be able to point people at it … at least so far.

Bad timing: I’m on the road tomorrow and will be at the SXSW through Wednesday, so I’ll only be online intermittently.

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