Hmmm, now we're getting somewhere. George is upset. They are upset that everyone isn't buying into their cyber-libertarian utopian dream. And, they blame New York and everything East of the Berserkley Hills for their frustration and, yes, their confusion about the nightmare they have helped to create. Maybe they're still mad about that too.
Reality has a way of making some people angry.
They need to find people to blame for the errors of their own fervid imaginations. So, naturally, they pick on New York. Yes, this is the Gilder who once argued we don't need cities anymore. With the unleashing of a global spiral of growth and progress, a new cultural era is at hand. . . . The true vision of the 21st Century will become prevalent in a rich and expansive culture, spread around the globe by the Internet.