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Oh my, I must have missed the brouhaha. Kitten, you can call me anything you want. As long as it is written with the wit of an Oscar Wilde.
Amazon is a wild place. There are things I love and hate about it. Why do they keep suggesting Kindle store photography books to me, when I have not purchased a single one? The ones I sampled were terrible. If anyone had bothered to sit through the Steve Rambam lecture, they would heard him explain the law of unintended data use (at the 34 minute mark). To this, let us add, the principle of misconstrued data use. If I choose to sample all books on the John Birch Society, does this make me a vehement conservative? Hah, it is time for some misdirection. Let me browse Amazon's books on libertarianism, oligarchy, plutocracy, aristocracy, social democracy, communism, and fascism. I'll bet that each and every political action committee would love to buy my email address from Amazon. In an Orwellian society, would the authorities consider me a friend or enemy? Keep 'em guessing, Schizo Abe. He receives junk mail from the tobacco companies and the cancer societies. No, I do not smoke! Please update your databases, all of you private data collection agencies.
Well, what do I like about Amazon? Answer- The book reviews and comments. I love the thrust and parry. Followed by occasional vitriol that flows from argument to argument. Case in point: reviews of the book, "The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It", by Scott Patterson. As topical as you can get, for who does not have a direct or indirect interest in money? The battleground of the 21st century is not the arena of physical violence, but the realm of words. Bless you Jeff Bezos, for it is better to duel with words than pistols and swords.
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