I thought this was just some linkbait article, but the title is a quote lifted from TechCrunch, and it makes a pretty good point about a spectacular failure of

I thought this was just some linkbait article, but the title is a quote lifted from TechCrunch, and it makes a pretty good point about a spectacular failure of common sense on the part of one of TechCrunch's most controversial authors. To be fair, Paul Carr has written many other articles, some of which are very sharp and to the point, and doesn't usually pander to the mainstream media views, so this is fairly unusual for him. That said, anyone who's surprised that TC is fame-hungry hasn't been around the block :-)