Re: nettime More Crisis in the Information Society

2014-07-20 Thread d.garcia
I'd like to engage with the last paragraph of Florian's post- And ask whether the generally low pay and insecure conditions for practitioners of what have become known as the creative economy really is such a new phenomenon? Are the average earnings enjoyed/endured by commercial photographers

Re: nettime More Crisis in the Information Society

2014-07-20 Thread Florian Cramer
Hello David, And ask whether the generally low pay and insecure conditions for practitioners of what have become known as the creative economy really is such a new phenomenon? Are the average earnings enjoyed/endured by commercial photographers (and designers/illustrators/animators/writers)

nettime Understanding Media was our First Big Mistake (a reflection on new

2014-07-20 Thread Tom Sherman
Excerpt from ?Understanding Media was our First Big Mistake,? published in Centerfold magazine (Toronto), 1979. Tom Sherman Miami. Here I am. Sitting on the 5th-storey sunroof of the Wandolyn Motor Hotel. Taking in the (squint-eyed) panoramically framed view of the quiet, mid-afternoon light.

Re: nettime More Crisis in the Information Society

2014-07-20 Thread Florian Cramer
Hello David, And ask whether the generally low pay and insecure conditions for practitioners of what have become known as the creative economy really is such a new phenomenon? Are the average earnings enjoyed/endured by commercial photographers (and designers/illustrators/animators/writers)

nettime Elites' Tryranny of Structurelessness

2014-07-20 Thread John Young
Following NYTimes quotes of 'The People's Platform,' by Astra Taylor: Open systems can be starkly inegalitarian, a tyranny of structurelessness. Elites can happily deny their own existence. The Tyranny of Structurelessness, Jo Freeman: http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm #