April 28, 2005

You’ll never believe this one…

Man, man, man…business preview–I’ll have a piece on BV about Roland Fryer next week. There may be a rebuttal from him, but I’ll keep you posted on that.

Anyway, This here Internet is something else. Lots of research has been done on how the Internet decreases the cost of information and how that assists economic growth. That’s actually pretty fascinating–yes, I’m a boring economist at heart–but the most interesting thing about the ‘Net to me is pretty simple. With the Internet, it’s nearly impossible to completely lose touch with someone. The era of losing someone for a decade or so are gone. Between Google and six degrees of separation, you can find nearly anyone on the planet and, just maybe, get directions to that person’s house.

What follows is someone taking that just a bit too far.
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