I will argue that a world of lightness, in which the internet is some­thing you can walk away from , is obvi­ously better than our present world, with an atten­tional black hole in every pocket.

I took this assign­ment very seriously: it’s the second intro­duc­tion of my career, fol­lowing the new edi­tion of The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. This is turning into a pretty good dinner party, or maybe a ter­rific night at the bar