Privacy is one of the biggest problems in this new electronic age.

The old thought-tools may not be used effectively to fix the new-age problems in the evovling times in life.

We are now living on Internet time. It's a new territory, and the cyber equivalent of the Oklahoma land rush is on.

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing -- the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

Pickups, S.U.V.'s, vans and the like represent about 80 million vehicles, with mileage of perhaps 13 to 16 miles per gallon. Converting those should be our first priority.

I have been quoted saying that, in the future, all companies will be Internet companies. I still believe that. More than ever, really.