Comments on: The future of no future http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5430 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Modeless innovation aboard the NCC-1701 « Snarkmarket http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5430/comment-page-1#comment-9841 Modeless innovation aboard the NCC-1701 « Snarkmarket Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:54:31 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5430#comment-9841 [...] WANTED: more/better visions of the future. [...] […] WANTED: more/better visions of the future. […]

]]> By: Matt Penniman http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5430/comment-page-1#comment-9839 Matt Penniman Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:24:37 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5430#comment-9839 Yeah, "Lost Generation" by Jonathan Reed does the same thing. It's clever enough in a palindromic way, but ultimately this is just argument by assertion. Oh, and "content is more important than packaging" wasn't true when it was about book covers and paper stock, and it's not true when it's about Kindles and iPads. There's so much great stuff out there that we <i>have</i> to make shorthand judgments based on packaging... no way around it. Yeah, “Lost Generation” by Jonathan Reed does the same thing. It’s clever enough in a palindromic way, but ultimately this is just argument by assertion.

Oh, and “content is more important than packaging” wasn’t true when it was about book covers and paper stock, and it’s not true when it’s about Kindles and iPads. There’s so much great stuff out there that we have to make shorthand judgments based on packaging… no way around it.

]]> By: andreaitis http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5430/comment-page-1#comment-9795 andreaitis Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:20:36 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5430#comment-9795 It's a false pretense from the start. Books themselves are not endangered. The printed versions may be, but not the concept of a book. Stories will always be told, though not bound by paper alone (hello iPad). The video is manipulative and disingenuous by people trying to stop time. It’s a false pretense from the start. Books themselves are not endangered. The printed versions may be, but not the concept of a book. Stories will always be told, though not bound by paper alone (hello iPad). The video is manipulative and disingenuous by people trying to stop time.

]]> By: Digidave http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5430/comment-page-1#comment-9794 Digidave Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:01:19 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5430#comment-9794 More so it isn't original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA From two years ago.... More so it isn’t original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA

From two years ago.…

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5430/comment-page-1#comment-9793 Mathew Ingram Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:31:04 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5430#comment-9793 You (and Bob Stein) put your finger on what disturbed me about that video. It was well done, but they were both definitely straw man (or straw robot) arguments. You (and Bob Stein) put your finger on what disturbed me about that video. It was well done, but they were both definitely straw man (or straw robot) arguments.

]]> By: joshlee http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5430/comment-page-1#comment-9792 joshlee Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:48:19 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5430#comment-9792 I was hoping for a fight between actual robots. How sad to discover that these were just straw robots. I was hoping for a fight between actual robots. How sad to discover that these were just straw robots.

]]> By: Andy Baio http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5430/comment-page-1#comment-9788 Andy Baio Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:43:22 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5430#comment-9788 Sorry, I got distracted by a funny picture on Facebook and clicked off the video halfway through. Did I miss anything? Sorry, I got distracted by a funny picture on Facebook and clicked off the video halfway through. Did I miss anything?

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