Comments on: Cultural suicide http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/ social capital, trust agents, all that jazz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: CT Moore http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137445 CT Moore Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:46:39 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137445 Governments are notoriously slow to adapt to new trends because, well, they are not bound by the same exigencies of market competition that the private sector is. My point? I'm with you 100%, but you're preaching to the choir. We've got Web 2.0 evangelists to get corporations up to speed, but I can only the deaf ears on which their sermons would fall if they had to pitch a room full of bureaucrats and legislators. Then, just as they had them hollering hallelujah, lobbyists or a change in government would derail the whole process. I guess I'm a cynic when it comes to democracy. That's why I prefer the interwebs. Governments are notoriously slow to adapt to new trends because, well, they are not bound by the same exigencies of market competition that the private sector is.

My point? I’m with you 100%, but you’re preaching to the choir. We’ve got Web 2.0 evangelists to get corporations up to speed, but I can only the deaf ears on which their sermons would fall if they had to pitch a room full of bureaucrats and legislators.

Then, just as they had them hollering hallelujah, lobbyists or a change in government would derail the whole process.

I guess I’m a cynic when it comes to democracy. That’s why I prefer the interwebs.

]]> By: Terrence http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137426 Terrence Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:02:04 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137426 You want cultural suicide? New York city just banned making indie films. http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-08-02/film/3 You want cultural suicide? New York city just banned making indie films. http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-08-02/film/3

]]> By: Harold Jarche » Canadian mobile data rates stifle Can-Con http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137408 Harold Jarche » Canadian mobile data rates stifle Can-Con Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:25:29 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137408 [...] Canadian mobile phone rates are between 3 and 20 times more expensive than those on the USA or UK. We can thank our telecom oligopoly for that. But it’s not just expensive rates that are stifling the Canadian economy. We may be strangling Canadian content as well, as Julien notes: As a content-creating Canadian with an N95 smartphone, I produce value for my country by creating content, increasing Canada’s profile in the web/mobile space. By allowing data packages to remain at this price, they are letting Americans take control of the space instead. [...] [...] Canadian mobile phone rates are between 3 and 20 times more expensive than those on the USA or UK. We can thank our telecom oligopoly for that. But it’s not just expensive rates that are stifling the Canadian economy. We may be strangling Canadian content as well, as Julien notes: As a content-creating Canadian with an N95 smartphone, I produce value for my country by creating content, increasing Canada’s profile in the web/mobile space. By allowing data packages to remain at this price, they are letting Americans take control of the space instead. [...]

]]> By: Hugh http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137296 Hugh Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:27:16 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137296 i think everyone wants an iphone. i can't figure any other explanation for why this somewhat obscure issue (to mainstream, I mean) is getting all this high-level press. i think everyone wants an iphone. i can’t figure any other explanation for why this somewhat obscure issue (to mainstream, I mean) is getting all this high-level press.

]]> By: Andrew http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137232 Andrew Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:37:15 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137232 That's great Jules. But <i>how</i> do we do that? That’s great Jules. But how do we do that?

]]> By: Joseph Thornley http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137226 Joseph Thornley Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:11:19 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/cultural-suicide/#comment-137226 Right on Julien! It's time for the government to move forward with the release of more spectrum to a NEW wireless player. How about Google? Right on Julien!
It’s time for the government to move forward with the release of more spectrum to a NEW wireless player. How about Google?

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