[The Net is] the connected consciousness of the market itself. It makes markets smart by giving customers unprecedented powers, the most fundamental of which is each other
via Cluetrain at Fifteen | Linux Journal.
What I have always loved about Doc is how human he is.
For me this quote encompasses everything the article has to say…
It also points to what I consider as to the how the Net itself came into being… as an unconsciously built connectivity tool… because as humans we create and form what we crave.