Do we really want that new platform?Well, that is something I’m thinking about. Do I remain on Twitter and use this Revue platform for the newsletter? Or do I migrate somewhere else? For the most part, I try to stay away from the platform's political sideshow and focus on authors, writers, bookstores and the like. But if the people and institutions I follow go somewhere, should I go with them?Would I prefer that Twitter be less politically charged and fulfill its early promise of microblogging? Well, that sounds nice, but that’s not how things work. This whole thing reminds me of a scene that is played out so many times in TV dramas, movies and books. A couple is engaged in a fight. What is it that one of them wants? For things to go back to the way they were. But despite the best science fiction storylines, time as we know it is linear. You can’t go backwards, only forwards.But we’re also a confusing species. We want things to stay the same. But we also want new things, new experiences. It’s the same in the corporate world. Even though a company may be profitable, the managers point to a time when it was more profitable. May G*d help the employees who don’t sacrifice enough to get them back to those times.I may not want to admit it, but it's the same for me sometimes. I'm thrilled by all of the new technology, the multiple channels my magazine clients can access. I'm trying hard to keep up with it all. But, yes, I miss the glory days of Midtown Manhattan. The days when one of the intersections near my house hosted three national bookstore chains on three of the four corners.We all want new. We all want more. And in this time when there is so much that is new, so much that is so much more than any other time in history, we’re miserable with choices and we want things to go back to that misty forever time.