If people stand in a circleIf people stand in a circlelong enough, they'lllong enough, they'lleventually begin to danceeventually begin to dancebostonian bostonian 9:53:30, Fri Oct 12, 20129:53:30, Fri Oct 12, 2012

Technology is makingTechnology is makinggestures precise andgestures precise andbrutal, and with thembrutal, and with themmen.men.

——Theodor AdornoTheodor Adorno

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The future's bright. The future's OrangeThe future's bright. The future's Orange

However, all nodes of a network are necessary for theHowever, all nodes of a network are necessary for thenetwork�s performance.network�s performance.Give up control and get ready for much larger things toGive up control and get ready for much larger things tocome back to you!come back to you!Basically, the content industry starting with music isBasically, the content industry starting with music isrightfully worried about distribution becoming free.rightfully worried about distribution becoming free.Not intelligence per se but an abstract 'life' none theNot intelligence per se but an abstract 'life' none theless.less.

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Good sex starts before the first touch and lingersGood sex starts before the first touch and lingersbeyond the last.beyond the last.

Deliver user-centred networksDeliver user-centred networks

There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies inThere is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies innot finding out.not finding out.

Pursue drastic and large-scale innovation within and onPursue drastic and large-scale innovation within and onthe fringes of WMG.the fringes of WMG.Content and context = kings! otherwise you will not getContent and context = kings! otherwise you will not getpeople to pay any attention to you.people to pay any attention to you.Let's build some critical feedback loops along theseLet's build some critical feedback loops along theseconfusing trajectories.confusing trajectories.Here every individual is defined alongside a wholeHere every individual is defined alongside a wholebunch of other individuals creating a matrix of socialbunch of other individuals creating a matrix of socialrelationships.relationships.

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Microsoft is engagingMicrosoft is engagingin unlawful predatoryin unlawful predatorypractices that go wellpractices that go wellbeyond the scope ofbeyond the scope offair competition.fair competition.

——Orrin HatchOrrin Hatch

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Knowledge is not the main thing, but deeds.Knowledge is not the main thing, but deeds.

Think about the community invention of the @ reply.Think about the community invention of the @ reply.Attention is the New Currency!Attention is the New Currency!Broadcast less to the masses, and start narrow-castingBroadcast less to the masses, and start narrow-castingto the ones that actally want youto the ones that actally want youTwenty-Nine years later in October Twenty-Nine years later in October Barrett LyonBarrett Lyonsuccessfully completed his effort to provide an opensuccessfully completed his effort to provide an opensource map of the Internet.source map of the Internet.

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In conclusionIn conclusionVisualize rich-client nichesVisualize rich-client nichesMesh B2C weblogsMesh B2C weblogsRemix citizen-media synergiesRemix citizen-media synergiesand remember: When ambition ends, happiness begins.and remember: When ambition ends, happiness begins.

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Fiction is Friction - Gerd LeonhardFiction is Friction - Gerd Leonhard

The End of Control - Gerd LeonhardThe End of Control - Gerd Leonhard

Music 2.0 - Gerd LeonhardMusic 2.0 - Gerd Leonhard

New Aesthetic, New Anxieties - David M. Berry,New Aesthetic, New Anxieties - David M. Berry,

Michel van Dartel, Michael Dieter, MichelleMichel van Dartel, Michael Dieter, Michelle

Kasprzak, Nat Muller, Rachel O'Reilly and JoseKasprzak, Nat Muller, Rachel O'Reilly and Jose

Luis de Vicente.Luis de Vicente.

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