Legitimate "Hmmm" moment #1: Clay Shirky is a kick-ass name. Seriously. He sounds like a cartoon wizard. Like, "You will rue the day you crossed Clay Shirky!" Awesome.
Aside from having a name that makes me quiver with envy, he actually brought up some really interesting points. I especially liked his idea of digital media as a "Triathlon" consisting of equal parts consuming, producing and sharing, even though that seems like it's quite a ways off. Consumption is still the easiest part of the process, after all, and easy things are great.
"Hmm!" moment #2: A Second Industrial Revolution
I loved this analogy, especially since Clay used it to draw lines not only between the life-changing aspects of the Industrial and Digital Revolutions, but also how overwhelming the whole thing can be. The internet is an amazing and useful tool, but it's also a staggering amount of information and videos and jokes and comics and articles and music at your fingertips. It's easy to just get lost in it all.
"Hmm!" moment #3: The Read-Write Culture
This last moment that made me go "Hmm" was the second video's main theme of turning digital from a "Write-Only" culture into a "Read-Write" culture. I thought it was interesting how much the two lecturers had in common when it came to themes and ideas. The second guy's slant was a little more "Think of the children!" but they both brought up a lot of similar points about fair use and the contributory process.
Anyway, that's all I have to say about that. Question time!
- How do you think digital media can be changed to put more of an emphasis on production and less on consumption?
- What do you think of Second Guy's statement that "Extremism on one side creates extremism on all sides?"
- How can the copyright laws and the fair use laws be combined so as to create an environment that is the most favorable to hands-on production?
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