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Looking at this, and watching Downton Abbey, I am struck by the parallels between Internet companies today and publishing companies 100 years ago. Both used new technology to empower and enrich young go-getters who would not have had those opportunities under the old social order--a social order they helped disrupt. Both were objects of high public interest; people wanted to know how it all worked, and how they could get in on the ground floor.

Looking at the state of publishing companies today should give Internet companies pause, or at least a reason to be humble.