Listening To Other Companies' Customers Is The

People Still Have A Choice, But, If They Find It All Too Confusing, Or They Just Want Someone Else To Make A Choice For Them, There's A Default That Works Pretty Well. That's This Concept Of Libertarian Paternalism. And It's Handy.

The Nature Of Business And Government Has Been To Build A Surplus And Self-perpetuate, But The Internet Fosters And Rewards Smaller, More Fluid Organizations.

And The Russians Certainly Don't Have It. If A Woman Shows Up In A Fur Coat, I Just Assume She's A Crook. And That's Me, The Nice American. The Assumption That You Can't Make Money Honestly Is A Killer.

Few Influential People Involved With The Internet Claim That It Is A Good In And Of Itself. It Is A Powerful Tool For Solving Social Problems, Just As It Is A Tool For Making Money, Finding Lost Relatives, Receiving Medical Advice, Or, Come To That, Trading Instructions For Making Bombs.

In The Space Of Three Weeks, I Met A Fair Bunch Of The Guys Who Were Just Starting Those Little Programmers' Co-ops, And Everybody Was Talking About Starting Businesses.