> why does that by definition mean the effort is worthless? Paul Ford himself doesn't claim it's a "worthless" exercise in this piece. In fact, he says "It’s p

> why does that by definition mean the effort is worthless? Paul Ford himself doesn't claim it's a "worthless" exercise in this piece. In fact, he says "It’s pretty exciting to imagine that one day we’ll stumble into the one true universal database of all human knowledge." As he portrays it, the vision of the semantic web is a kind of receding horizon that drives forward a lot of worthwhile efforts. That's why he brings it up in the first place. Sure, he pokes fun at it a bit, but that's just Paul Ford's (highly effective and enjoyable, IMO) writing style.