Responding to Jeff Rice's "Serious Bloggers"

After discussing anonymity in blogging and privacy with technology, I wanted to actually read Jeff Rice's piece that Cathy mentioned. One thing he said really stood out for me, "When we become too serious about novel ideas too quickly, we deny ourselves the ability to experiment with and develop the very innovations in communication we are attracted to in the first place. In turn, we replicate processes already in circulation; i.e., we maintain a status quo and fail to explore possibilities raised by the new medium." Hey Rice, in my best Robert Dinero voice "Are you talkin to me?" (Taxi). I think he is. I am going to post this quote on my blog...'cause it makes me think. Makes me check myself...Am I a risk taker or just another additive in the preservative?