Tagline Update Administrative6/5/2000; 7:10:39 AM March 23, 2000: My tagline for the site (which used to be displayed, and now is again) is "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Freedom", a famous quote from Thomas Jefferson. I took it out because I couldn't quite articulate what I meant by that on this site, but Tom Nadeau took care of that for me in The Trouble With Technology....

In reality, there is a middle ground between the mindless hucksterism of the New Economy and the mindless Luddism of the old. However, occupying this middle ground requires becoming informed and staying up-to-date not only with technology but with the people who are pushing it. It also requires constant mental exertion. This kind of effort is never easy. Thomas Jefferson said, "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." When it comes to watching for technological tyrants instead of merely ideological ones, these words still maintain their value.