Comments on: Mass Individualism? Mass Produced Culture in Western Society http://socyberty.com/social-sciences/mass-individualism-mass-produced-culture-in-western-society/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:34:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bipolar2 http://socyberty.com/social-sciences/mass-individualism-mass-produced-culture-in-western-society/comment-page-1/#comment-51541 bipolar2 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:13:22 +0000 http://socyberty.com/social-sciences/mass-individualism-mass-produced-culture-in-western-society/#comment-51541 . . . novelty has only a short life span, even when trade marked. And, without high margin novelties the U.S. economy would collapse. The country almost no longer manufactures anything -- so-called "creativity" must never cease.<br /> <br /> Hence, the very high value placed on innovation -- genuine, but culturally meaningless, innovation not disguised marketing or sales BS. <br /> <br /> Apple’s ipod+downloads, iphone+internet . . . Steve Jobs is a god because he knows how to “create” long-lived high margin novelty.<br /> <br /> The future still isn’t pretty -- but instead of our colonialism as usual, it will bring about the destruction of the US as a physical entity as well as a cultural one. <br /> <br /> Now, that’s a science fiction tale that cries out to be written. It's being written now . . . Margaret Atwood is right . . . cheer up Canada!<br /> <br /> bipolar2<br /> terra linda, ca usa . . . novelty has only a short life span, even when trade marked. And, without high margin novelties the U.S. economy would collapse. The country almost no longer manufactures anything — so-called “creativity” must never cease.

Hence, the very high value placed on innovation — genuine, but culturally meaningless, innovation not disguised marketing or sales BS.

Apple’s ipod+downloads, iphone+internet . . . Steve Jobs is a god because he knows how to “create” long-lived high margin novelty.

The future still isn’t pretty — but instead of our colonialism as usual, it will bring about the destruction of the US as a physical entity as well as a cultural one.

Now, that’s a science fiction tale that cries out to be written. It’s being written now . . . Margaret Atwood is right . . . cheer up Canada!

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