Nothing Ever Happens

I will be attending the Supernova 2008 conference. The theme is “Challenges of the Network Age” – and Esther Dyson (among the main speakers) suggests that the real challenge is human nature (Stop Spamming Esther: 7 Tips).

She told a brief anecdote about Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton Hotel chain, on the Tonight Show. Carson asked him, “You’ve played host to kings and queens, to captains of industry. Do you have any message for the world?” And Hilton replied, “Put the shower curtain inside the tub.”

Esther’s message: approaching things from the recipient’s perspective costs you nothing and means so much.