Commentary Is Not Culturematic
Cheap photocopying gave punk a medium that could speak in its own voice.
Sean Taylor
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Side Quest Commerce
Drops turn shopping into a side quest. The product is just the souvenir.
The Discipline Of The Sandbox
Constraints do not vanish when production gets cheap. They move to the other side of the screen.
They Call Me The Seeker
Kevin Kelly's 1998 list for searching wide is cheaper than ever. Almost nobody runs it.
Set and Setting
Ben Thompson on branding, framing and context. Content does not land on merit alone, it requires the right set and setting.
Small batch and neat
Post-industrial playful media is small batch and neat.
Fear Of The Present
Berger saw the past as a well to draw from in order to act. The entertainment business built a carousel and started charging for the ride.
Occasions For Listening
Cage worked out that composing could just mean creating occasions for listening. Which is the design principle behind amusements in the age of attention.
Making Is A Solved Problem
Production is cheap and the advice still points at craft. The shortage is not good work. It is reasons to care enough to commit.
The Last Mainstream
You can’t count a culture that isn’t looking at the same thing. So you take its temperature instead.