Dear Readers

I hope you are well.
How was your Valentines Day, by the way ?
Good, bad, meh ?
Mine was spent in a hospital where a close relative was in the final stages of a long, tough battle with cancer, so forgive me if this post seems a little more downbeat than usual.

The world is in a state of flux at the moment and it's both terrifying and rewarding to be here at this time. With political upheavals and the recession chomping at our heels, it would be impossible to ignore the future direction of things.

There is a growing resentment at the increasing monopolisation of the markets - certainly online, (Facebook is bigger than Coca - Cola now) and the failure of the new internet model (not so new now, after 25 years) to make us all idle rich.
Short term profit = long term loss, I often say in my simplification of the politics of greed that still haunt us.
Of course the emerging new model is to engage with online society, perhaps open an Etsy page, make a killing on e-bay or sell music or book downloads ; and I love to see people creating and hawking their wares in this global marketplace-
I'd love to buy more and show support - but, hey - I don't participate in WoW or MMOs where real money is exchanged for virtual goods, so how about virtual money for real goods?
Or is that the Bitcoin world ?
Or do we need a whole new system of barter ?
Or just answers to these endless questions ?

 Is it the 1% who are hoovering up more and more of the Earths finite resources and wealth ?
Or is the renewed vigour of the space race merely a distraction from the death rattle of a society based on selfishness and greed ?

... hey, guys! At least there's always Mars! We can start again! Come on !
...guys ?
A lone explorer, standing atop a sea of skulls bleached white by a boiling hot sun and stretching as far as the eye can see.

It's a horrific vision, but the scariest thing is the sense of inevitability and shoulder - shrugging that seems to go on.
And so, in the spirit of cynicism of this blog, I present a link to a free pdf download of poetry allegedly written by the head of one of the biggest interweb ventures :  Relentless by Jeff Bezos

An example: "After Vito Conchita"
 BUY THIS WORD THEN BUY THIS WORD NEXT BUY THIS WORD

NOW ONE-CLICK ONE BUY ONE-CLICK ONE BUY NEXT ONE-CLICK

ONE BUY NOW AND THEN ONE-CLICK ONE BUY AGAIN REVIEW

THREE WORDS NOW REVIEW THREE WORDS NOW TOO

CUSTOMERS INTERESTED IN FIVE WORDS WERE ALSO

INTERESTED IN SIX WORDS NOW BUY IT NOW REVIEW THESE