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| last edited by BillSeitz on Nov 7, 2008 12:12 pm |
Douglas Rushkoff gave a talk on [Open Source Democracy] as the new Re Naissance - similar to z2008-07-15- Rushkoff Personal Democracy Next Renaissance.
still rewriting Corporat Ism (done last year, keeps obsoleting)
1st book Cyberia cancelled bc publisher thought Internet would be passe in a year
Internet has just been a tool for business creation and growth
does today (11/05/2008) change anything?
Generation X arrival
Barack Obama our first president
had bad rep but was actually more engaged than previous
just rejected [BoBo] legacy, and Advertis Ing stimulus
Advertis Ing just skipped them and went on to Generation Y
Generation X hero: [Kurt Cobain]
tried to make popular music but without being pop star
failed: got made into star by his label
Doug sad/glad not to be Malcolm Gladwell
media breakthroughs
beware Technological Determinism
but new media can be strong Meta Phor for concurrent CultUre change
Credit Crisis2008 is just other-shoe of DotCom [Bubble Burst]
too much capital, not enough to do with it(?)
we're not comfortable letting [Econom Ic] value get created at the edge
established business: Economics Of Scarcity
Inter Net: Economics Of Abundance
this is more natural, but we haven't done it for 400yrs
last 400 years
we think of it as saving us from Dark Ages
really just a deal
late Middle Ages was good time
women in England tallest until 1970s
Life Expectancy still bad because of disease
small towns had wealth
long-distance Curren Cy needed by corporations for international trade
kings made local currency illegal
American Revolution really driven by trade rules
we weren't allowed to make clothes with the cotton we grew
end-days of [Hyper Capitalism]
more MonEy driven by investment/speculation than real business
hmm GDP stats?
DotCom was really companies created as investment targets
PayPal was going to be free
blocked by ____?
ran out of people to loan money to
George W Bush [Ownership Society]
kill consumer Bank Ruptcy protection
corporations still have it
campaign very decentralized
what about his governing?
impossible
see June Rushkoff article Beyond Brand Obama
central government can't/shouldn't do that
but we can do that
Obama needs to kill the regulations that make roadblocks
we need to find needs to take care of
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