• The future is in analyzing social networks, through the totally reliable data from MySpace. Ten points for anyone titling their doctoral study "Thanks for the add, holla at mah peeps." [NY Times]
• The future cannot get you laid. [Supr.c.ilio.us]
• Media mogul Barry Diller says the Internet will be like cable! No, shut up, we did not just say that five years ago SHUT UP SHUT UP. [NY Times]
• The Internet doesn't need us — it's a bot playground. [Wired]
• The near future, though, is about money. Christmas retailing money. And what luck, Forbes is all about money too. [Forbes]

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