People whose opinions actually matter

August 21, 2002

Professor Lessig: "I say that in addition to blogging, and coding and whatever, we've got to do something that matters"

That sentiment seems oddly familiar:

Milhouse: We gotta spread this stuff around. Let's put it on the Internet!
Bart: No! We have to reach people whose opinions actually matter!

The blogiverse is still only a tiny fraction of the ideaspace in the world. While memes do eventually cross over into the mainstream media, the discussions about the implications of the digital future rarely make it into the larger public sphere of ideas, out there, this issue is tipped the other way.

Edit: This means that we need to bring these important issues out from the blogiverse into the larger public debate.