I've had a pretty intense week. I'm in grad. school focusing on Online Communities, which is basically a degree looking at technology and society. So for a class last semester, we used the latest digital political tools on our class blog - http://weblogs.annenberg.edu/digipol/- and I had a series of running debates with my professor on how special the blogasphere is and what I've called "the arrogance of reason" of some academics, like him, in the "ivory tower." You can check one of our exchanges in the "Resisting The Inevitable" post, or the "In closing, listen to Public Enemy: Don't believe the Hype Sucka" and esp. this one "Dylan, Butterfield, Brand Marketing & USC" - http://weblogs.annenberg.edu/digipol/2007/04/dylan_butterfield_brand_market.html. Now, we're arguing over the Iraq war and it's hard not to take this stuff personal as I know young American will die in increased numbers due to the "arrogance of reason" of politicians on both sides of the aisle.