I agree with you that the web is not only about words, but I don't think that was necessarily what Justin's post was trying to say. He said words are a powerful

I agree with you that the web is not only about words, but I don't think that was necessarily what Justin's post was trying to say. He said words are a powerful tool on the web, that global communication is magical, and that it doesn't need to be overly complicated to share ideas with others. He said "start with with words" not "only ever use words and nothing else". I think he was indeed placing a greater weight on the value of words over other tools, but I don't think that's necessarily incorrect. Certainly the web is about more than just words: it's about connecting human ideas together. Those connections can take form through a vast array of media. But I agree with Justin that at its core, the web is more about words than it is about videos or images or WebGL (as it is today). If you took the words out of the internet I think I would be missing some of the most important parts. If I didn't have access to youtube or flickr (videos or images) I think I'd still have access to a lot of the value I find in the internet.