Gin, Television, and Social Surplus
This essay by Clay Shirkyon has been making the rounds in the last few days.
In short, he argues that people will continue to spend less time watching sitcoms and more time creating and sharing information. A "cognitive surplus" that was wasted on passively watching television, is being used to generate gains for all of society.
I'm not sure I agree, but an interesting article nonetheless.
Micro-Persuasion - The Web 2.0 World is Skunk Drunk on Its Own Kool-Aid
An opinion piece about Web 2.0 by Steve Rubel, suggesting that there is new dot-com bubble, and what got us in this situation - greed.
Sports Illustrated writers' "Best Game I've Ever Seen"
Sports Illustrated pulls off a great concept by asking all their writers to write about the "Best Game I've Ever Seen".
There are lots of entries, and a huge range of sports are covered. Of course, since there are sports writers at all of the major sporting events, all the most recent Greatest Sports Events are covered, like the 1987 Canada Cup hockey tournament, Buster Douglas over Mike Tyson in 1990, Tiger's first title in 1996, one of Michael Jordan's most famous playoff victories and Flutie's Hail Mary victory in 1984. For me, it's often the more obscure sports that make for the most interesting reads, such as Italy's Palio horse race, an Olympic tennis match in Athens, Olympic heavyweight boxing trials, 1995 cross-town rivalry in college hockey, and an NCAA college wrestling tournament.
The concept works, as the writers pour out their passion onto the page, and explain what makes the most famous, and not so famous, sports events so important to their lives and their careers.
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3quarksdaily - Selected Minor Works: Hipsters, Prepare to Die
An essay on the irony of aging; as you age you become less pithy and prone to stupidity, but it's just not as exciting.
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