It seems that seventeen years ago today, I was in Berlin at the Web 2.0 Expo.  

Andrea Vascellari got some video of me asking Tim O’Reilly a question about online/offline relationships.  In retrospect, there’s a lot of naivety and privilege in the air.

I noted:

the stories we’re telling are still more about technology than about what people are doing with other people.

plus ça change…

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We watched Paradise and kinda wished we hadn’t. It’s a less hopeful picture of the near future and how we’d deal with an apocalyptic event than you’d usually expect on mainstream TV. I want my apocalyptic tales to end with a less realistic, but rousing affirmation of the strength of humans to stick together please. I’m holding out for season 2 to deliver, but won’t be surprised if it doesn’t.