Are we going down the tubes, or can we use the tubes to save us from ourselves? When I'm not distracted by the latest news, that's what I'm trying to think about these days. Here are some unfinished thoughts on the topic...

It’s like the premise of a science fiction novel; what would happen if all of your friends disappeared in an instant? It would be like a neutron bomb that killed everyone around you, except you, and there you were standing all alone. Derek Blackadder had an experience like this on Facebook several weeks ago

Mike Huckabee is getting high negatives in the blogosphere, testing the theory that any publicity is good publicity; the campaigns aren't just reaching young people with social media, but fogies too; Mashable attempts a review of the candidates' use of social media; Rudy Giuliani finally gets his web on; and Robert Scoble briefly describes the use of the web by the campaigns.