Never forget that your computer is a mere over-priced, tinker toy compared to the information bulldozers on the drawing board. It is the locus of next century's embryonic global civilization. Fortunately, the Internet is also the most democratic institution the world has ever known. Don't let anyone tell you that Internet can or should be taxed or censored. On the Internet, your ideas and implementation will sink or float strictly on the merits of the number of eyeballs you attract.
Attention is the de facto currency of the net.
The market inefficiencies of today have been traditionally winked at by those in powerful positions precisely because it is those inefficiencies which create backroom business fiefdoms where the old guard can rule the roost without a daily eyeball count. Artificial barriers to entry exist in almost every business largely to protect decadent special interests. The Internet is a threat to every human endeavor that has matured into a sheltered status quo. Such interests will be the first to attempt to tax or otherwise curtail Internet-based activity. This brings me to the second myth I often encounter at cocktail parties.