At thursday evening’s talk at the occupied Empros Theater in Athens, Tiziana Terranova and I gave presentations on the political economy of social media to a diverse and engaged community. The Empros Theatre is in central Athens, part of the overall urban geography that has been besieged by occupations, protest and police brutality in the [...]
I’m currently involved in a discussion on the Empyre mailing list with Tiziana Terranova, Adam Hyde and others. The topic of Kickstarter and simular sites came up, as I’ve been meaning to address these sorts of projects, both for their potential and their limitations, I though I’d repost an excerpt of my response here:
“Oh lord down in the congress, they’re passing all kinds of bills. From down on Capitol Hill, Money’s too tight to mention. cutback! Money money money money. We’re talkin’ about money money” – Simply Red. The government simply hasn’t got enough money to its bills, cutback! They say. Or Raise Taxes! Or Raise the Debt [...]
