Digital Communication 2001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Second Industrial Revolution, Steve Wozniak, Spinning Jenny
20 Dec 2018
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Record labels now support songs and singers on the basis of algorithms of previously successful works. We have witnessed the rise of a new two economy system. Efficiency" and increased productivity are central to neoliberal practices and philosophies. 1st industrial revolution: mechanized technologies and the factory system. 2nd industrial revolution: modular automation and the assembly line. The 4th industrial revolution: mobile, integrated supercomputing technologies https://www. youtube. com/watch?time_continue=82&v=khjy5lwf3tg. Part of the 4th revolution is the rise of artisanal digital fabrication. Student loans = a generation of wage slavery. Cost disease or productivity lag : what is cost disease of the arts? (p. 43, the arts suffer from a productivity lag (p. 44), physical output per hour . Why: little support for serious art/film/music, privileges amateurs at the expense of experts. Culture is a gift, a kind of glue, a covenant, but one that, unlike barter, obliges nothing in return. (taylor 50)
