Its a tough paradigm to shake. Could we loop around the spiral of human evolution and eventually make products on our own without giant conglomerates or corporate entities to appease? I hope so.
That future looks very interesting to me. I make an album and set it loose on the internet. I need a new bass, and go to the internet. In the world where we still use "dollars", I get a kickstarter and generous people who like my work donate into the pool until I have enough units to purchase a sweet bass, presumably to make more music for "free" that people like.
Or in the future where greenbacks are eschewed, maybe Tom the woodcarver likes my music and carves a sweet mahogany body. Franz knows doodads and offers to hook up the electronic sitch. Barry makes cases. Through the internets, they all pitch in and the thing gets done.
Who we don't hear from in this scenario are the package carriers, the material suppliers, who have no stake in my continued existence as an artist. Presumably they all barter for their goods and services, and somehow things get done and people continue to thrive and survive.
Whatever future we have, two things we know : Uninterrupted internet continues to be a tool to bring humans together; and we cannot continue life in a meaningful way if greed is allowed to fester unchecked.
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Its a tough paradigm to shake. Could we loop around the spiral of human evolution and eventually make products on our own without giant conglomerates or corporate entities to appease? I hope so.
That future looks very interesting to me. I make an album and set it loose on the internet. I need a new bass, and go to the internet. In the world where we still use "dollars", I get a kickstarter and generous people who like my work donate into the pool until I have enough units to purchase a sweet bass, presumably to make more music for "free" that people like.
Or in the future where greenbacks are eschewed, maybe Tom the woodcarver likes my music and carves a sweet mahogany body. Franz knows doodads and offers to hook up the electronic sitch. Barry makes cases. Through the internets, they all pitch in and the thing gets done.
Who we don't hear from in this scenario are the package carriers, the material suppliers, who have no stake in my continued existence as an artist. Presumably they all barter for their goods and services, and somehow things get done and people continue to thrive and survive.
Whatever future we have, two things we know : Uninterrupted internet continues to be a tool to bring humans together; and we cannot continue life in a meaningful way if greed is allowed to fester unchecked.