50 Things the Internet Is Killing

The Telegraph published a list article (sure it's linkbait, but it seems like an appropriate use of the format) on the 50 things that the Internet is killing. It ranges from "Your lunchbreak" (50) to "the art of polite disagreement." Quite.

I'm sure there are things to quibble with between 1 and 50, but I'd be much more interested in a list of things that the Internet (social networking, email, web search, and so on) can *never* kill--or perhaps only complement. What are the things in this world (sex, eating together, supply chain management) that the Internet can't substitute for?

Poor Lego, part deux

Interesting article in the New York Times this weekend on Lego and its expansion, and especially its Hollywood tie-ins. The article is almost entirely praiseworthy of Lego's business success (it is a story in the Times business section), but it feels to me like the company has moved from a realization that its fans own the brand to an attitude exemplified by this quote:

"Nowadays, Mr. Meyer says, 'you have to design for Lego. If you want to design for yourself, go be an artist.'”

I can almost see the smug, self-satisfied smile on his face as he says it.