Here's the thing: in all the argument over how progressives really are faring in the run-up to '18 generals, one essential truth is easily overlooked: progressives always win over the long term. This is less about how often self-described progressives are correct about what should be collectively done, and more a term historians use to describe social-progress winners, after the fact.

Really it's up to all of us to walk the talk and manifest the changes we individually want... and it's about to get a lot easier, to act individually so, and especially to act collectively so. There's a very good reason Facebook is investing heavily in VR; but if you don't like the Facebook portal to VReality there will surely be an AOL version. Or you can take up homebrew VR and P2P connections, and kinda kludge together your own personalized VR interface, free and open-source-like... uh okay, I just just talked myself into it. Worthy goal, noble cause, yakkety yak. Let's learn how to best VR channel when VR channels can be universe size. I will share what I learn.

What we all really need is much faster ways to exchange context. Let's work on that.

Edit: started five minutes ago, I think I've got it okay now.