I wrote just a little while ago about the de-aggregation of cultural life in the Internet age, in my post regarding the death of Joe Franklin. As this post about the death of White Flint Mall and the planning for its replacement shows, the Internet age may have some positive effects in de-aggregating our commercial life. It may help us to transit from an era of the same 20-30 stores at mammoth Everywhere Malls back to an era of small-town commerce, with the Web serving as a way to link small business nationally and internationally even as they serve customers locally.
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