Kevin Kelly responds to Nick Carr

To say that "Stonesness" is a quality not present in any one member of the Stones, but something that emerges from the group of all five is NOT to say that Stonesness will emerge from any five members.

Individuals -- and individuality -- count. As you point out, if you have a different set of members, the group will have different ideas.

The point of course is that whatever the Rolling Stones are, it does not reside only in Mick Jagger. Or any individual member. It resides in the group. The group exhibits some behavior, genius, quality --- call it what you want -- that transcends the individual parts.

Are we in agreement now?