This is just an analogy but it makes sense when you read it in context. I learned about this from Seth Godin’s book [insert book title and link here]. The book is about how the connected economy and the networked world has changed how we operate. The theme is pick yourself. A kitten will wait to be rescued by her mother but a monkey will have to piggyback on the mother if he wants to be rescued. Similarly in the industrial revolution if someone wanted to become Oprah then they would have to wait for the media industry to come to her. But now a days if one wants to start a talk show and share with the world all they need is a YouTube channel. You had to be lucky and have the “right connections” in the past to get a good job that you liked. Today with the Internet medium you can create a job you like all by yourself. So the connected world allows you to pick yourself instead of waiting to be picked.
