Re:We, The Web Kids - a generation's manifesto
by tsieling on Thursday February 23, 2012 @10:12AM
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"We are used to our bills being paid automatically, as long as our account balance allows for it;"
This is my favourite bit. Point 3 of a manifesto. This will definitely go down in the great manifestos of history. Just laughable, I've met a lot of kids who grew up with the web, but none so overwrought and entitled as this one.
Re:We, The Web Kids - a generation's manifesto
by mattdeboard on Thursday February 23, 2012 @09:59AM
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"One more thing: we do not want to pay for our memories. The films that remind us of our childhood, the music that accompanied us ten years ago..."
I'm part of this generation (though I suspect older than the author of this piece) and this is 100% ridiculous. Let's not conflate piracy with sentimentality.
edit: I'm not British; would "twee" be the right word to describe this piece?
http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/12/0212/022212.html
This is my favourite bit. Point 3 of a manifesto. This will definitely go down in the great manifestos of history. Just laughable, I've met a lot of kids who grew up with the web, but none so overwrought and entitled as this one.
Author: https://plus.google.com/117555350878436162140
Republished by:
http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/web-kids-manifesto.html (Cory Doctorow)
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/we-the...
http://owni.eu/2012/02/20/we-the-web-kids-piotr-czerski/
and many more
I'm part of this generation (though I suspect older than the author of this piece) and this is 100% ridiculous. Let's not conflate piracy with sentimentality.
edit: I'm not British; would "twee" be the right word to describe this piece?
he's 31
P.S. To the author: Some of us elders didn't "learn" to the use the internet either. We built it.