Get Over Your Industrial Complex
From the monthly archives:
We’ve lived through a time period of unprecedented information centralization. Never in the history of humanity has such a small group of people controlled the content consumed by so many. This centralization is characterized by three factors: ownership, control and penetration.
In the early 20th century, there were hundreds of media companies. Now, five global media [...]
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Every organization’s structure is defined by the way in which it’s members communicate. During the industrial era, when top-down mass communication systems allowed a small group of people to send messages to large groups, corporations flourished. As networked communication systems such as the internet spread, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that a new batch of organizational [...]
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HOPE for CHANGE. Sounds silly now…
by Walther on December 19, 2009
in Commentary
Barack Obama told us he’d CHANGE America. During the campaign, when Obama was asked about the CHANGE he would bring to Washington, he didn’t describe specific policies or proposals as much as he asked us to HOPE for the CHANGE. The Tao Te Ching says that “hope is as hollow as fear.” It appears Obama’s [...]
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