Comments on: NYPL Lecture: Remix (Part 1)

By: Ellora

Ellora — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:02:45 +0000

To Josh– March 25th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

The author of that quote is Aldous Huxley, not August Hucksley. He is most famous for penning Brave New World. That will help in locating the quote.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:08:34 +0000

Sick blog this post is associated with my dissertation, so thanks.

This is the recording of the lecture, nearly two hours of it:

http://fora.tv/2009/02/26/Remix_Steven_Johnson_Lawrence_Lessig_and_Shepard_Fairey#chapter_05

Does anyone have any idea where this quote came from??

August Hucksley 1927
‘in the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled in there humble way to be artists.’

Would be ace if anyone new of the top of there head.

Thanks guys,

By: mike

mike — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:55:59 +0000

I’m curious regarding the point about originality, Paulo: can you say more about the types of originality that you believe Johnson and Lessig fail to recognize? What are some examples of the fresh and exciting that they simply don’t get?

By: Paulo

Paulo — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:43:19 +0000

Neither Johnson nor Lessig appear to be able to recognise originality - something in common with Philistines.

It only takes one twist on an old idea to make something fresh and exciting. But it’s the repetition of OLD ideas they value, not the twist.

As a consequence, the moral posturing (”corruption”) is comical, and this is “a movement” that has reached an intellectual dead end.

By: collin

collin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:26:20 +0000

thanks for this! cgb