Reblogged from everything. nothing. and things in between.
Colinaut Mishmosh
— Wanton Discoveries of Niftiness
Cleveland Foreclosure Quilt — artistic quilted map calling attention to the holes in neighborhoods due to foreclosures (via Holes in the Social Fabric » Sociological Images)
No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org
“Here’s a thought experiment: Everyone over age 12 when YouTube launched in 2005 is now able to vote.
What happens when — and this is inevitable — a generation completely comfortable with remix culture becomes a majority of the electorate, instead of the fringe youth? What happens when they start getting elected to office? (Maybe “I downloaded but didn’t share” will be the new “I smoked, but didn’t inhale.”)
Read it all at Waxy “No Copyright Intended”
Remix culture is the new Prohibition, with massive media companies as the lone voices calling for temperance. You can criminalize commonplace activities from law-abiding people, but eventually, something has to give.”
