Category: Art and Economics
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Technological Anarchism, by Alan N. Shapiro
Technological Anarchism Alan N. Shapiro Introduction My proposed book is in the academic field of cultural theory, with special emphases on critical social theory, critical media theory, digital media design, and science fiction utopianism. My intention is to write a book developing the transdisciplinary concept of Technological Anarchism as an optimistic, normative, heterotopian (a term…
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As Creators Make Money, They Will Transform What Money Is, by Alan N. Shapiro
Philosophy or Money In the mid-1980s, I was studying for a Ph.D. in sociology at New York University. One of my professors was the prominent sociologist Richard Sennett. It was a hard time to start an academic career in the humanities or social sciences. Everyone advised me against it. “Maybe you can land an assistant…
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Creative Commons: The Next Generation, by Alan N. Shapiro
The Benefit of Creative Commons Licenses Creative Commons licenses are a great idea and a very important practice. This is a noble project, an important step forward in online social life that encourages “the Internet of Creators” (see my recent essay of this title) and a culture of sharing.1 Building on top of copyright as it has been conceived and…
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Towards the Internet of Creators, by Alan N. Shapiro
The Missing Layer of Creation The Berlin-based art-media-technology startup company Ascribe GmbH1 brings to our attention the fact that the Internet that we have is missing a crucial ownership layer for creators. We don’t yet have an Internet where the creator of a photograph, a video, a piece of music, a segment of software code,…