"Gibson's culture of the ubiquitous remix is not only destroying the sanctity of authorship but also undermining our traditional safeguards of individual creativity. - interesting. where is creativity?"
The remix generation was bound to take over and mess things up sooner or later. What did everyone expect to come out of a vehicle [the Internet] that offers extremely easy to find & quickly accessible anything, while training the future adults of the world to become technologically savvy at the same time; e.g. HD flip cameras, kid-friendly lap tops, and smart phones to elementary school kids?! I mean seriously, are people really shocked!
Did everyone really think that kids would even consider that it was easier to come up with ideas on their own when they are encouraged to find seemingly more amazing things already executed for them with a simple search button? No way!
It is doubtful that parents are praising their kid more for a fifteen minute rant about their ideas over their kid's youtube compilation with music, cool color effects, and fast moving images the tot put together; parents gasp, "That's amazing Jackson, wow you are learning so many cool things in school that I never got to learn. You will have to show me how to do that." Hey Jackson's mom, why don't you sit and have a good brainstorm sesh with your son tomorrow to talk about that fifteen minute idea... oh you don't have time? Oh.
... Oh right. Stop your bitching.
Maybe I am not giving anyone enough credit... but do kids [middle school level] even say, "I wonder if," anymore?
The media is saying our generations are getting lazier and more careless about things like grammar and arithmetic. But you know what? The man isn't stopping us from using grammar check, spell check, google spell check, or the texas instruments' amazing programs in all-you-could-ever-want calculators. In fact, they encourage it. They encourage the fast and easy route to things, and continuously pump out new products to ensure an easy lifestyle. They cater to the "lazy."
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I hadn't thought about the parental implications, but they are profound. Should one praise a remix. Interesting. Guess I'd say, you bettya. Why not? Yes, it's theft, but it is creative theft!
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