11 big things i learned at sxsw interactive 2011
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Presentation to colleagues at Greenpeace International following South by Southwest.TRANSCRIPT
11 Big Things I took away from
SXSW
#briansxsw
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“The decade of the social layer is over. The decade of the
game layer has begun”
The opposite of play is not work. The opposite of
play is depression.
Governments don’t fear informed
individuals: they fear synchronized
movement
Some Rock & Roll carried revolutionary political messages,
ALL Rock & Roll carried a
revolutionary social message.
Social Media fails, accidental and engineered, all follow the same
narrative.
Facebook’s only commodity is us, and
we will flee unless Facebook displays
“Trust, Transparency, & Truth”
Steve Jobs is a priest.
If we shut up about climate change,
we might sell more electric cars.
Conference #Hashtag
takeovers, like bridge blocking,
can make enemies who come back
and bite you in the ass.
Journalism is not dead.
This is an era of organized deception,
in which it takes tremendous effort to speak simple truths.
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
More:
http://blog.brian-fitzgerald.net