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But seriously, most any activity can be an addiction, in some sense, if you do it compulsively to the detriment to the well being of the rest of your life.
Sony has been racking up the karma lately, all bad it seems. Unfortunately, with the way the content "industry" is these days, Im not sure it will get better before it gets worse. Im sure the lesson here that all the other big media monopolists learned is to be more... discreet... when trying to screw Joe Public. Or worse, screw Joe Public by going through Big Brother.
This same argument has been put forth by countless authors. In the 1930s and 1920s, during the era where film and photography were born and growing as what we now call "art", many doomsayers claimed that traditional art was doomed forever. When we began to easily copy traditional art, doomsayers said that this would be the end of the "aura" of art, and that giving the masses access to such things would dumb them down and ultimately destroy "high" culture.
So has this "end" come? No, not really. Art still carries on. I expect literature to do the same in the face of being exposed to the "masses". Look at architecture, one of the oldest forms of art. I mean, we have prefab trailers, but that doesnt destroy architecture as a whole.
Furthermore, the people that dont care to read it anyway, wont. The people that do want to read it, will. Maybe some that get these dumbed down versions will be inspired to seek out the originals. The point of art really isnt to make those who understand and are exposed to it feel like elites, its for an artist to express himself.
Unrelated though, I wonder what the hell they think their market will be. If you are writing a paper, it would be a stupid way to get information. If you are assigned to read it, it would be a stupid way to get your information. If you are stuck in a test, its a stupid way to cheat. If you want to read it, then you wouldnt read it on a cell phone... go google a summary or something.
There will never be a perfect society where no one has any issues with it, then it wouldnt be a society... you fight the good fight and society is always in a state of change.
We all know that freedom/privacy are at odds with security. It doesnt matter what individuals think, its the collective mass that is pushing for an increase in security.
Does it suck? Yes. Will it get worse in the near future? Yes. Will I give up on voicing out against it? No. The pendulum will swing back the other way in time.
Why dont we just call the man who created it.
Al Gore.
I hear he lives in the woods somewhere with a scruffy beard and a heart of gold, just waiting for the world to call on him to save the day!
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You are here --> Step 1. Denial But seriously, most any activity can be an addiction, in some sense, if you do it compulsively to the detriment to the well being of the rest of your life.
Sony has been racking up the karma lately, all bad it seems. Unfortunately, with the way the content "industry" is these days, Im not sure it will get better before it gets worse. Im sure the lesson here that all the other big media monopolists learned is to be more ... discreet ... when trying to screw Joe Public. Or worse, screw Joe Public by going through Big Brother.
This same argument has been put forth by countless authors. In the 1930s and 1920s, during the era where film and photography were born and growing as what we now call "art", many doomsayers claimed that traditional art was doomed forever. When we began to easily copy traditional art, doomsayers said that this would be the end of the "aura" of art, and that giving the masses access to such things would dumb them down and ultimately destroy "high" culture.
So has this "end" come? No, not really. Art still carries on. I expect literature to do the same in the face of being exposed to the "masses". Look at architecture, one of the oldest forms of art. I mean, we have prefab trailers, but that doesnt destroy architecture as a whole.
Furthermore, the people that dont care to read it anyway, wont. The people that do want to read it, will. Maybe some that get these dumbed down versions will be inspired to seek out the originals. The point of art really isnt to make those who understand and are exposed to it feel like elites, its for an artist to express himself.
Unrelated though, I wonder what the hell they think their market will be. If you are writing a paper, it would be a stupid way to get information. If you are assigned to read it, it would be a stupid way to get your information. If you are stuck in a test, its a stupid way to cheat. If you want to read it, then you wouldnt read it on a cell phone ... go google a summary or something.
There will never be a perfect society where no one has any issues with it, then it wouldnt be a society ... you fight the good fight and society is always in a state of change.
We all know that freedom/privacy are at odds with security. It doesnt matter what individuals think, its the collective mass that is pushing for an increase in security.
Does it suck? Yes. Will it get worse in the near future? Yes. Will I give up on voicing out against it? No. The pendulum will swing back the other way in time.
I guess he is running out of grant money. But he made a mistake, he should have waited until he knew how well the movie was going to do!
Nelson Muntz!
Why dont we just call the man who created it. Al Gore. I hear he lives in the woods somewhere with a scruffy beard and a heart of gold, just waiting for the world to call on him to save the day!