If you haven't seen it, check out Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire (Slashdot link). It's about time that people start taking the media to task about the way they operate. As I've said before, the vast majority of journalists are people who are either too cowardly or too incompetent to make their own news, so instead they report on it. They weren't good enough to get the power they crave through political, financial, or social means, so instead they are left to participate in the only way they know how - being the unwitting instruments of those really in control.

Some would call it a sad time in our history when the most politically insightful show on television today is South Park (new episodes start Oct 27!). That shouldn't come as much of a surprise, when you can spend days watching today's news and information channels without learning a single thing. Call me naive, but for a brief moment Jon's appearance really felt like the start of something - like a first baby step in the direction of a society based on discourse instead of ideology.

While my politics have jumped around over the years based on my experiences and the things I've learned, my unwavering belief in technology has never abated. If we really are in age of change, it promises to be very exciting, because while social revolutions have happened in the past, this time every person on this earth now has the ability to publish their opinions to everyone across the planet. Whatever happens, this is new, and the results will be different - get ready for it.