Ventura: “You’re too busy for that?”

Billy mentioned in the comments below a recent essay by columnist Michael Ventura. I want to draw more attention to it.
I know how it is on weblogs – on the web as a whole, actually – you see someone saying “check this out, it’s great!” and you might check it out but you probably won’t. I usually don’t.
Make an exception this time. It’s worth reading. Short, too, so don’t worry your eyes will fall out.
Read it here.