Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Envelope of Wonder
Surely there must be a Nobel Prize category for the person(s) who invented Netflix... Nearly every film ever made anywhere, from the dawn of film history, available to anyone with a mailbox. 'Infinite' shelf-space since you can store in very cheap locations. What statisticians call 'the long tail' of the bell curve - there are many, many titles that only a few people will want, but if shelf space is 'infinite,' these can be stocked, too. There's something for everyone. It's the end of 'monoculture,' where everybody watches the same TV & films and listens to the same music. Instead, personalized, individualized, open-ended culture. What a wonderful time to be alive!The Talking Heads once sang that "Heaven is a place... where nothing ever happens..."
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