information. insider web sites. exclusive information. for your eyes only. web, a collection of data, spread and connected, free at first, free like the air, like the land, look at the squatters, when noone was there, you could do whatever you wanted, but then people with money came by, and provided places to gather, and then more people gathered, and came, and shared, and information grew, suburbs, townships, cities, and now it costs money to live in the cities, or you can find someplace where it's cheap to live, that it doesn't cost anything, and you live with what you pay for, i will pay for information, information, for a time, was free, and now, not quite so anymore, and i see a future of gibson, of information, of runners and cowboys, where info is hoarded, guarded, stolen and provided, like money, cause knowledge is power, and power is money, and the web grows and changes and matures, and data flows not unchecked |