For similar reasons, I wanted to see Silicon Valley in the last year or two, because with the Net boom, it's been interesting to see this culture in ascent and then try to assess it in similar terms. Your insights emerge out of this process, from going there, seeing different places, reporting what you see, and then putting it down on paper. But putting it down with a clarity that can help people understand what's at work. I appreciate your putting it that way. Journalism has lots of different branches.
Writing has lots of different branches.
Serving as sort of the remote intelligence system for the reader. I'll tell you something about how Bangkok looks. Or how Rangoon looks. And then I will at least present a way to think about this. You don't have to accept Part Two.