I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. But I can pretend. In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time.
Networks help alleviate that fear.
They wear dark, natural-fiber, businesslike clothing even when nobody they know has died. In college, they major in Business Administration. If, to meet certain academic requirements, they have to take a liberal-arts course, they take Business Poetry. I see these two legendary men as symbolic of the American dream. A mischievous, magical spirit associated with screen displays.