"I don't need to be relevant -- I'm not an evangelist, I'm not a podcasting, vidstreaming tech-celeb. But you make a good point -- neither you nor I shares the perspective of an overwhelming majority of the world's population. It's a simple fact. And sure, as you note below, you probably meet a lot more people than those of us commenting here do ... problem is, that population is guaranteed to be skewed toward tech, business, trendy types. An overwhelming majority of the planet does not live in NYC, LA, Israel.*, Redmond, London; you and I aren't relevant to even a majority of those in the developed world, but in this globalizing economy, we're not even blips on the radar of the great host that struggles to put food on the table every day." - Andrew Badera
"This expresses some thoughts of my own as well. Scoble's a smart guy. He's been in the thick of it since the beginning. He's been an agent of change and an opinion leader for some time. Unfortunately, as you've noted, he's completely out of touch with the community at large. Silicon Valley is its own sort of echo chamber just as much as Web 2.0 itself. A large majority of the world community does not live a lifestyle anything analogous to Scoble's daily experience. He can no longer understand context and application of the average person.
Of course the upcoming generation of digital natives will have their own perspective, so even if they're digitally immersed as much as, or more than, Scoble, he still won't be relevant." - Andrew Badera
now I'm torn between commenting on FF and the original site. went with your blog. - chris ramey
I like him, I enjoy reading his stuff and will continue to. But I wouldn't want to *be* him. - TranceMist
