Knowledge is Power

It amazes me how many people are out there. We are so close to the images of the information age painted not by the newcomers like Neal Stephenson or William Gibson, but by the old-timers like Asimov and Clarke. This clean idea that everything you need to know or would want to know is accessible just by asking your computer. Communities are forming, but there are no false avatars only real people telling real stories. Even being in the IT industry I have to say I am a little surprised at how long this collective consciousness has been growing. Pretty soon HAL will be wondering what we are doing.

Today Susan won a city wide essay contest. She is mortified by this accolade and only the winning prize of a pizza party for her class is enough to make her willing to tell her friends. Of course Susan doesn't like pizza, but a party means no real school for an afternoon. I am of course bursting with pride. The grandparents have been informed and I am hoping they send her some congrats to further her embarrassment.

In case it isn't obvious I have not told anyone I know in three dimensions about the existence of this blog. When I began I thought it would be a good exercise in writing and I wanted to be able to just pour my thoughts onto the screen and not worry about what I said. The fear of discovery has still limited this, but I like my pseudo-anonymity. If I continue writing this long enough for someone to discover it then I will be pleased. If I continue writing this long enough to figure out how people do all of those fancy blogging things I will be amazed.