John Cleese in conversation with Eric Idle at Live Talks Los Angeles – YouTube
03 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
Spot the weirdo
02 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: That Great Enrichment, weirdos
A Revealing Cartoon |Ideas
30 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, economics of advertising, global warming
But it apparently does not occur to them that, for someone not persuaded of their policies, the same argument applies to them, that, from the standpoint of the people they want to convince, the cartoon is a reason to be more skeptical of their views, not less.
via Ideas.
New Zealand in the 60s through the eyes of Cleese and Idle
30 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: John Cleese, Monty Python
via New Zealand in the 60s through the eyes of Cleese and Idle – Whale Oil Beef Hooked | Whaleoil Media.
The Beatles waiting to cross Abbey Road
30 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, Music Tags: The Beatles
The Beatles waiting to cross Abbey Road, 1969. Photo by Iain Macmillan. http://t.co/0hEOo6GF4t—
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Grumpy old hippies on the iPhone generation
28 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, liberalism Tags: grumpy old hippies, grumpy old man, grumpy old women, The Great Enrichment
HT: Sean Fitzpatrick
Shooting the MGM logo, 1924.
27 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, movies, technological progress Tags: movies
Shooting the MGM logo, 1924. http://t.co/wp5LCwSUhe—
History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) June 30, 2014
Are you wearing a wire?
25 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, movies, TV shows Tags: movies, TV shows all
One of the oldest dramatic devices in a TV show or movie drama is to have the hero or police spy go into a meeting with the criminal desperados wearing a wire.
There has been zero technological progress in the size of these listening devices ever since I started watching TV.
When undercover agents record conversations., they use a bulky tape recorder strapped around their waists, and wires — connected to a microphone — secured to their chests with an adhesive.
When the criminals look for the wire, they tear off the shirt of the suspected police spy to look for the wire. They never check his mobile phone.
Today, eavesdropping equipment is sophisticated enough to record high-definition video and sound, and stream it live to a remote computer. Devices no bigger than a pen cap can be slipped into a coat pocket and easily record through the person’s clothing.
Scriptwriters are really going to have to look for a substitute dramatic device. Pretty soon, a large part of the audience simply will not recognise an old-fashioned tape recorder.
The planet named George
21 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: competition as a discovery procedure, intellectual property
Last picture of The Beatles together
19 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
Why Jargon Feeds on Lazy Minds | Scott Berkun
18 Nov 2014 1 Comment
in economics of media and culture, liberalism
Words that should be banned:
- Breakthrough
- Transformative
- Next-generation
- Seamless
- Game-changing
- Revolutionary
- Ideation (oh how I hate this word)
- Disruptive
- Incentivize
- Innovation
- Innovation Infrastructure
- Customer-centric
- Radical
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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