Hi folks. Sorry I’ve not been over here in a while — life’s been a little challenging, and I’d been forced to limit online time and participation. As things clear up, however, I’m trying to get back in the game.
I was hoping to pop the following into an Open Thread, but I think this is worth burning a diary on for the sake of promoting a good discussion. People here and on the European Tribune are well-informed, and could offer some great insights — particularly due to the nature of the discussion and the unique perspectives available here.
(Hence, I’m also posting this over on the European Tribune.)
…I’ll check back and comment here, too, if folks discuss the topic here instead.
There’s an interesting discussion going on over at ePluribus Media today — a story by Craig Weiller, originally posted on Saturday, has been bumped and promoted to the front page of the Community site for more discussion.
Entitled The End of Capitalism, it extends and expands the discussion I originally started in the piece Is Capitalism in Dire Straits, Or Is It The Greed and Lust for Power?; comments are now beginning to touch upon things like
- Corporate Personhood
- Limited Capitalism
- “Responsible” and sustainable capitalism
- Proposed Constitutional amendments
Please hop on over and give it a read; add comments and join in.
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Thank you.
for the first industry to be reformed.
The software industry.
The second is the media industry and the third is the telecommunications industry.
the difference between the media industry and the telecommunications industry?
I see the telecommunications industry as telephone, internet, cable, DSL and the media as papers and pundits of record (like the New York Times, Time, Fox News, CBS, etc.), but I also see the lines and distinction blurring as the telecommunications industry achieves convergences with various media outlets — starting with the internet.
Case in point — the AT&T influence over the recent special concert (was it called Lollapalooza?)…they (AT&T) clipped out some content.
Net neutrality also comes into play here, too, as media outlets and telecommunications companies all seek to control or influence their own representative samples on the internet…
I date myself. I consider telecommunications mostly in the cell phone company category which if I were dictator of the world would end immediately for simply being a massive waste of energy and a massively inefficient system. People have railed at me for not being green enough yet I’m quite sure they all own cell phones. It is another convienience which needs ugly towers everywhere to repeat low wattage signals in the low microwave RF spectrum. Not sure if this is even healthy or not all this RF pollution.
This is a tough one because big always seems to equate eventually with greed, lust for more control, dominance and profit, enough to buy out of government regulation.
and important concerns. There are areas in our national forests where cell phone towers and signals are forbidden, and the airwaves are preserved inasmuch as possible.
Many studies indicated that repeated cell phone use (at least a couple years ago) caused the brains of rats to deteriorate — the signals literally ate holes in the brain matter, I believe. I know I can’t hold a cell phone to my head for long without a headache — I’m nearly always hands-free now…but I still need the cell phone.
…and then there’s the potential toxic waste from the manufacturing of some of these goods and the leftovers from when these goods are then discarded, mostly unrecyclable…