[mjolk]

I hope others don't take too much away from an article that contains the gem:

"So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month?"

Human contact is nice and can't be replaced by our current technology. Don't let this one, easy-to-make, statement let the rest of the contrarianism seem correct. Mr. Stroll's vision for the future of the internet was short-sighted and uncreative, but it's fun to see how far we've come.

Very related article in which the author eats humble pie: http://boingboing.net/2010/02/26/curmudgeony-essay-on.html#c...

[m3talsmith]

I beg to differ: $61 billion gross for 2012 - http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/13/jeff-bezos-believes-aws-cou...

[mjolk]

In what way do you beg to differ? You're just linking me to an article about AWS profits.