It represents, in our way of thinking, a return to a smaller way of doing things. It's simply impossible to have a secretary do your email for you. Webmasters and CIOs have developed an extraordinary organizational influence in a short time. In this new environment, thinking for yourself is more important than ever. Our goal is to provoke that thought.
Every story is simultaneously about the story itself and some larger issue.
We don't work very hard at separating the two. We trust our readers to chew on the ideas we present and draw their own conclusions. There are plenty of places to find predigested pabulum. We prefer to work for the crowd who are busy trying to figure this thing out for themselves. This week, we made a couple of mistakes.