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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I'm arguing for change, and you for the status quo. I'm not going to change your mind, and you're certainly not going to change mine.
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'Tis a nice evening out - just picked half a kilo of blackberries.
I think you misunderstand me. I'm not arguing for the status quo at all and have been involved in 'next generation' technology for a long time (sadly that makes a lot of the stuff I've worked on 'last/failed generation' by now!).
The first observation is that the old publishing methods have worked extremely well up to this point and haven't yet been rendered untenable by technological change. The second is that the proposed replacement, favoured by Anderson and others shows no evidence that it can reproduce the cultural breadth and sophistication of the old ecosystem that it seeks to replace.
That's not saying that free media cannot point to some genuinely exciting works, nor is it saying that traditional paid media is the only game in town. It's just saying that before we rush to tear down the big corporations, we should be sure that we have something genuinely capable of replacing them. I feel Anderson's lofty vision falls short and we will need other models to support creative works in the future.