The Failure of the New Economy as Success.

The Failure of the New Economy Is Total.
The Dotcrash Is A "Net" Negative.
Challeging Ideas In The Workplace: Let This Travesty Never Be Repeated.
Any Culture of Fun and Rewarding Work Has Been Shown To Lead To Insolvency.
The eCulture Should Be Dismantled Brick by Mortar by Brick. And...
Operationally, The Baby Should Follow Bathwater.

I know you believe it.

"However, I have rather different feelings about the web-boom. I had waited tables in san francisco for about 5 years before I took a job at a web company basically to get off my feet. It changed my life-- I went from bored waiter waiting until my savings account got big enough to go travel again to try to kill some ennui to a (possibly obsessed) web geek. I've found the act of building virtual spaces the most exciting pleasurable thing I've ever done.

When I left the first dotcom that gave me my break after two years, I had to choose between two jobs-- on that let me do what I wanted, one that paid me 2K more. I chose the smaller amount. I took a bigger pay-cut for my next job. I'm happy if I have 600 bucks in the bank. My daddy was never a millionaire but he has lived a happy life. He told me "There are twenty-four hours in a day. You sleep eight of those. if you work eight hours, that's half your waking life. You had better well like your job."

Because of the web I got to do something I actually enjoy. I got to like going to work. It bugs me that none of these articles talk about that. I have a lot of waiter and barrista friends who were just making enough for beer money-- sick of life basically-- who had taken web jobs originally to make a better paycheck, and found themselves suddenly having fun. Enjoying life.

Sometimes I feel like I've been waiting for the web-- waiting for a media that is collaborative, communicative, real time, lively, fast, mutable, accessible... and so much more. It's here, and it's my playground.

So the gold is gone. So what. The web ain't going away."