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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
That depends of which works we speak. If you mean only the works which currently are only sold, like DVD movies, paper books etc, then yes, those will probably be produced much less. However, I believe the time when those works were the main force behind sustaining and advancing society is long gone. People are spending much time on the Internet, discussing issues on forums, blogs, finding new interests and friends - those are the activities which advance society now. There are millions of people who devote their time - for free - to work with others on some big goal, big site, big resource of information - they're called digital sharecroppers lately. Do you think discussions we have on MobileRead are worth absolutely nothing, compared to knowledge we gain from books (and we read much more than average person who browses the Net)? All our input, all our time spent in all those Net places is given for free. |
I think you're onto something there. Our whole entertainment is shifting from individually created to group created culture. We don't think of Forums or Facebook as entertainment because we've been using other forms for so long, but why not? They're just as, and probably more entertaining than TV.