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I hope others don't take too much away from an article that contains the gem:

"So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month?"

Human contact is nice and can't be replaced by our current technology. Don't let this one, easy-to-make, statement let the rest of the contrarianism seem correct. Mr. Stroll's vision for the future of the internet was short-sighted and uncreative, but it's fun to see how far we've come.

Very related article in which the author eats humble pie: http://boingboing.net/2010/02/26/curmudgeony-essay-on.html#c...

In what way do you beg to differ? You're just linking me to an article about AWS profits.

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