Scott Brown on Facebook Friendonomics
Friending has subsumed the ol’ Rolodex. Granted, it’s often convenient to have all of your contacts under one roof. But the great thing about the Rolodex was that it never talked back, it didn’t throw virtual octopi or make you take movie quizzes, and it never, ever poked you.
Excellent (and funny!) description of what’s happened to the word “friend” in the online world…
The nearly completed National Intelligence Estimate, the work of 16 intelligence agencies, says Afghanistan’s deterioration has accelerated alarmingly in past two months. Bush administration officials say privately that Afghanistan is now the single most pressing security threat in the fight against terrorism.
What a nightmare we’ve caused. And with this Estimate saying we have to go in there and kill ‘em more will just make things worse and worse.