The gift economy that powers much of web 2.0 is unsustainable. The internet offers an unmatched infrastructure for the distribution of communication, information and entertainment. But professional creators i.e. bloggers, video producers or application developers that build web 2.0 products and help us realize the value of that infrastructure won’t keep making their content and giving it away for free much longer. Why should they? (more…)

The difficulty lies not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. - John Maynard Keynes

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today. - Ayn Rand

Do we have a vision for the digital future? Are we working towards a common goal? Who is leading us and are they doing so with the best interests of the many over the few? Is there such thing as failure in this vision? (more…)