It's more about the divide created by the new economy. Katz follows the growing numbers of young computer mavens who are loosely allied as proponents of open source software, free expression, an open Internet and radical individualism. These are the young people who are increasingly challenging corporations that are trying to lock down the Internet and secure it for commerce. The mounting wars over intellectual property and network security are just the beginning, Katz says. It means bigness, controlling markets, mass marketing.
Companies are now bigger than ever before.
They've acquired most of our mainstream culture, and now they're moving on to the Internet. It used to be you could be an individual and coexist with large corporations, but now you can't. It's the Wal-Marting of America. These kids are the freest people on Earth. And they're mad.