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24 Jun 08
M C MorganRead an excerpt from Cult of the Amateur in a flash mock mini-book. Wanna see a metaphor?
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02 Oct 07
Trevor Calvertwhile I find myself often in disagreement, it is important to have a voice of dissent
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02 Sep 07
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31 Jul 07
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Essay One - Celebrity as Capital
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Essay Two - Pattern Recognition
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I would further argue that a mechanism such as YouTube may be seen by the machine workers as a means to become visible and amass capital in the form of acknowledgment and potentially celebrity. The pre-exisiting economic gap between owners and workers and the attendant system of laws and politics don't stand in the "worker's" way in his attempt to amass this form of alternative capital. He perceives himself as free from the old bonds. He can pursue it with realistic hopes.
This is partly why I believe YouTube is climbed in popularity so vigorously. As a side note, it is ironic that Marx states that true economic wealth is built on the back and dreams of the workers. The investors in YouTube have done just that via the dreams of the workers who provide content for no guaranteed wages.....
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15 Jun 07
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