If You Look At Where Innovation -

I Love Those Stretches Where I've Just Been A Writer - When I Haven't Been Doing Internet Start-ups - Where I Pretty Much Eliminate Meetings From My Life.

We Are Strangely Biased, As Individuals And Media Institutions, To Focus On Big Sudden Changes, Whether Good Or Bad - Amazing Breakthroughs, Such As A New Gadget That Gets Released, Or Catastrophic Failures, Like A Plane Crash.

Nothing Really Says ... Interactivity - Which Was So Exciting And Captures The Real, The Web Zeitgeist Of 1995 - Than 'click Here For A Picture Of My Dog.'

It Is Extraordinary How Safe Flying Has Become. You Are Now Statistically More Likely To Be Elected President Of The United States In Your Lifetime Than You Are To Die In A Plane Crash. What An Amazing Achievement As A Society! But What We End Up Focusing On Are The Catastrophic Failures That Are Incredibly Rare But Happen Every Now And Then.

Most Of The Time, Criticism That Takes Pop Culture Seriously Involves Performing Some Kind Of Symbolic Analysis, Decoding The Work To Demonstrate The Way It Represents Some Other Aspect Of Society.