"We see the interplay of technology and economics most clearly at those rare moments when a change takes place in the way a resource vital to society is supplied, when an essential product or service that had been  supplied locally begins to be supplied centrally, or vice versa" (p. 23).

I found it remarkable that so many inventions changed the way society worked. I was quite surprised that Edison had started Electricity as a small powerhouse--and that later it was expanded to be the service that it is. As I read this quote, I kept thinking about the long tail--and how companies like Amazon have changed the way business works. Business on the internet really connects with what Carr was talking about. The internet is changing the way that businesses work.