Like most metaphors, this one is likely to be easily misunderstood or at worst, taken for granted. That a potent message is delivered in a long narrative worthy of careful, contemplative reading, might make many miss the nuggets within (if not abandon this all-together).

That we are part of the enigma we are hoping to master makes things the more cloudy - is total abstraction possible?

The article is a huge open question too. Nice reading, very startling too. I did get inspired to try an idea or two... perhaps to add to an already increasing plethora of tweaks to our cloudy reality. It's in our nature too.

I'm looking forward to the day the cloud fades away.

Derrida and weather control in one article.

Back before Silicon Valley was Silicon Valley and had extensive agriculture, Santa Clara County had a weather control program. When water-laden cloud formations were about to pass over without rain, silver iodide generators would be fired up across the Valley. This would generate a little extra rain.

Either way, we still mock airheads