There came a time when these two incompatible notions of who I was, well, something had to give. Either that 'something' is where you acquiesce to the world around you and you conform, or you sort of defiantly break whatever remaining bonds connect you to that world and create for yourself a different set of values.
I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.
I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.
In truth the social media elements of the Obama campaign, while extremely innovative, did not produce a lot of results.
The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.
At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.
