I don't want our young people aggregated, even by a benevolent social-networking site. I want them to develop as fierce individuals, and to earn their living do

I don't want our young people aggregated, even by a benevolent social-networking site. I want them to develop as fierce individuals, and to earn their living doing exactly that. I totally agree. In fact, my personal website reflects this: http://www.numair.com http://www.numair.com On another note, I think the destruction of the economy around things such as music is creating a massive cultural black hole. I've met far too many amazingly creative people who, if this were the 1970s, would be celebrated musicians and artists; instead, they work mid-level jobs and waste away. Do we really think amazing art and ideas should be a smaller industry than, for example, mindless drilling for natural resources? It's quite absurd, and quite depressing.