Steve Rubel posted an interesting essay today on the flood of information in the twitterverse, which may be dwarfed only by the tidal waves of insight in the blogosphere.  He raises some useful perspectives, and introduced a metaphor for watching SM tweets and blog posts zoom past:  ‘watching cars going by on the freeway’.

A couple of folks took the opportunity to challenge Steve, Twitter, and the freeways in LA.

Fair enough, but I challenged the naysayers (in my RT and my comment to Steve’s blog) to re-examine the metaphor from a more practical point of view:  the magic isn’t in watching everything rush by; rather, it’s about being a driver, making proactive decisions on where we need to be going, and helping us get there.  Avoiding accidents is also helpful. 

Check out my Steve’s blog entry and my comment, would love to know your thoughts.  Safe driving.