There's a popular saying that the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. Desire and innovation will trump policy, the argument goes, as clever programmers circumvent controls.

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.

As discomfiting as it is to both market optimists and policy activists, a certain amount of instability is inherent to the economy.

A lot of consumers actively enjoy advertising, especially fashion print ads and clever TV commercials. The nostalgic cable channel TVLand features not only vintage shows but also vintage commercials.

As a result, we will continue to see more innovation on the Internet and on mobile phones than on consoles.

On the Net, the bell curve reclaims its tails. The uncommon is as accessible as the common. The very fragmentation of the Internet allows us to find ourselves in other people - and to know that we are not alone.