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The Media in 2014

Alexandre Van de Sande writes "Robin Sloan made a flash video as a "documentary" of how big enterprises like google and amazon converged medias and changed the way we see news by 2014. It's a vision of what could be (or will be) the world with personalized media, made by peers, and the guy knows what's going on on those big heads. It ends with a sad view on which, althought some people get their news in a way they could never before, most of them just get a bunch of untrue gossip and sensasionalist trivia. And that's exactly what they wanted." This will take a few minutes to watch, but stick it out to the end. I think there's a lot in there that you really should think about.

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  1. RTFA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    98% of /. readers don't read the article. What makes you think they'll watch it?

  2. Google Grid! by jokerr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds interesting, where/when do I sign up? I just hope it comes before the MSMonopolyBoard!

  3. Re:The media in 2014 by DrWho520 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will they completely failed the American people...

    You mean similarly to how your grammar teacher failed you?

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  4. Re:Documentary proves its own point by soft_guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Plus the flash animation works far better as part of a pitch for venture capital.

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  5. time to jump the shark: 5 minutes by cygnus · · Score: 2, Funny

    is it me, or did this animation start to become laughable right around when the narrator managed to spit out the phrases "Googlezon" and "Newsbotster" without laughing his ass off? i mean really, how much Vallium did this dude have to take to do that with a straight face?

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