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December 21, 2004
Future Media, 2014
Robin Sloan has published a Flash 'documentary' describing the downfall of the fourth estate and their replacement by the rise of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Friendster (you had me until that last one). The vision is interesting, and potentially accurate on some points, but I think it underestimates the value and tenacity of 'old media.' The conclusion is that people get what they want - gossip and false trivia. To quote Ray Davies and the Kinks - Give the people what they want... We hope everybody gets what they deserve. Click here to see the animation - it's a bit long (~8 minutes) - but well worth it.
Posted by jetrotz at December 21, 2004 04:11 PM
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