It’s Who You Know

As my dear old friend April Swain used to say, "I have a question…"

In business, they say "it’s not what you know, it’s who you know," the cliche of cliches.

Now what is the difference between:

The Old Boys’ Club

and

Social Networking?

Here’s why I ask:  I don’t think the  cultural patriarchy that created the Old Boys Club, the stereotypical elite white male club of influence, really exists anymore. There’s this other Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn driven thing, and it doesn’t have the same values — it’s content, not context. And it’ll take a few years to see how this really affects the networks of power in society.

As Liam Fahey says, if I knew what this meant, I would write a book. For the moment, I’m merely asking.

-Garland