Justin Whitaker
Looking for Infinite Markets
Oct 9 '11
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“The new economy “is good for whoever owns the computer server,” says Jaron Lanier, a virtual-reality pioneer and author of “You Are Not a Gadget,” which debunks a lot of Internet hype. “So there’s a new class of elites close to the master server. Sometimes they’re social network sites, other times they’re hedge funds, or insurance companies –other times they’re a store like the Apple Store.”
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The creative class is a lie - Salon.com (via mediafuturist)
There’s some points in that article which I think are off the mark, but that one is DEAD on.
He who owns the servers wins.
- What is the creative economy, really? (forbes.com)
- The Econolypse Is Hollowing Out The Creative Class, Too (stoweboyd.com)
- The rise of the creative classes (theequitykicker.com)
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