There is a cultural disconnect. This is why shaming and finger pointing don’t work. This is why appealing to public opinion is weirdly ineffective. The only (potentially) winning strategy is to take apart and weaponize the tactics that Silicon Valley is using. They’re not winning because people are stupid and the World is Mean. They’re winning because they’ve taken over the law schools and captured the experts. Most days it feels as though creatives are fighting (and losing) the Last War. This one won’t be won by billionaire shaming. It won’t be won by refusing to engage. It won’t be won by claiming the moral high ground and refusing to ever let go and ignoring all evidence that your magical thinking is magical thinking . This is a war that will be won by people who stop thinking of themselves as victims and arm themselves liberate themselves from the cycle of “content” creator enslavement . @neilturkewitz
There is a cultural disconnect. This is why shaming and finger pointing don’t work. This is why appealing to public opinion is weirdly ineffective. The only (potentially) winning strategy is to take apart and weaponize the tactics that Silicon Valley is using. They’re not winning because people are stupid and the World is Mean. They’re winning because they’ve taken over the law schools and captured the experts. Most days it feels as though creatives are fighting (and losing) the Last War. This one won’t be won by billionaire shaming. It won’t be won by refusing to engage. It won’t be won by claiming the moral high ground and refusing to ever let go and ignoring all evidence that your magical thinking is magical thinking . This is a war that will be won by people who stop thinking of themselves as victims and arm themselves liberate themselves from the cycle of “content” creator enslavement . @neilturkewitz
@scripthacker_ Agreed, but raising awareness—among policy makers, the business community & the public at large—is part of that engagement. People need to understand the issues & recognize their/our power to effect change. You can’t build what you can’t imagine. We need to free our imaginations.