[Hemingway's Ghost]

the loss of critical thinking skills induced by the viewing of the numbers displayed upon a gasoline pump.

That, you have to admit, at least, is understandable, because oil, and specifically gasoline, is more-or-less the blood of our modern economy.

[George Smiley]

But the ubiquity of Net connection should make the importance of "where" less important than it is for a whole lot of folks.

I avoided a 35 mile drive to work today by dialing in.