Knowing the future is essentially understanding our fundamental resistance to change
At this morning's Social Media Art Camp, Jane Park of Creative Commons was speaking on the evolution of copyright and the new remix culture. The topic of news organizations struggling to hold onto content (AP Press' issue with Shepard Fairey's work, etc) and NY Times' paywall came up, with the question being: how should publications adapt to the emerging remix culture?
Which got me realizing: the question "what does the future look like?" is essentially an exercise in asking how to overcome resistance to change. If you want to know what the future looks like, look at what people with a stake in the present are resisting. Side note: had a quick chat with @fortheartofit as I was thinking of this; I like her comment that the major news publications now are essentially facing the same crisis/opportunity that the music industry was faced with all so recently...
Posted by Kyle Cameron Studstill
