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JohnBarnes
9/28/2016 10:20:26 PM
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mpouraryan,
Well, every other species (some apes and cetaceans, and maybe elephants) gets along without having any point that it is aware of.
mpouraryan
9/28/2016 11:25:51 PM
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Re: Interesting
I am always fascinated by your Matter-of-fact view of the reality before us--sometimes I can't help but wonder if those very species you noted are smarter than we are--look at what we've done to our Planet (and we claim to be the "Superior" species). What will be very interesting, though, to see how a company like UPS can adapt. But that's for a different day
Let's keep the conversation going!!
:)
afwriter
9/28/2016 11:54:08 PM
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Well, that de-evolved quickly.
elizabethv
9/29/2016 10:21:58 PM
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I think that will be the key for Netflix if and when they move forward with this. Keeping us all playing the game. My husband also didn't think he'd care very much for them trying to read his mind. He thought it might be fun once but quickly lose its appeal. I tend to think the powers that be generally know how to keep us mice satisfied, I'm sure they'll think of something.
JohnBarnes
9/30/2016 7:40:10 AM
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Re: Interesting
ElizabethV,
Oh, there are some major problems built into what Netflix and the other providers seem to be trying to do; the popular entertainment world is a complex ecosystem (or noosystem, pronounced noh-oh-system, if you're trapped in an elevator with a former perfesser who used to teach and research some of this stuff). Cherry-picking the revenue always leads to the collapse of feeder systems and smaller, less satisfied audiences overall, which is why new media and arts have golden ages (when no one knew what they were doing and great stuff got done by accident), silver ages (when people consolidated around the great stuff), and stamped tinplate ages (when no provider dared to move a tenth of an inch off the formula). Netflix is part of the process of moving from gold to silver. Tinplate will follow; and then, probably due to technical innovation or maybe just to people getting bored, there will be another trough and gold will be found somewhere else. It's happened repeatedly in popular music, theatre, movies, fashion, and I think you could argue in sports as well.
We tend to forget, doing and reading tech commentary and journalism, that tech is still how people do what they want to do. For decades people really wanted better TV and nobody could make money giving it to them. Now, all of a sudden, if you give it to them you can hardly avoid making money. But the golden season doesn't last forever, any more than spring does.
dlr5288
9/30/2016 11:52:21 AM
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I love Netflix. I remember when I first got it and i thought it was so cool to find all your shows and movies in one place. (Even though its a tight selection). I think as long as Netflix keeps evolving they will be around for a while.
JohnBarnes
9/30/2016 2:29:33 PM
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Afwriter,
I think you just won theGolden Groan for pun of the month.
elizabethv
9/30/2016 10:13:10 PM
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@JohnBarnes - At least for some things, history does seem to repeat itself. I'll be sure to remember noosystem for the next time I'm trapped in an elevator with a former professor. (Actually I'm a former professor that taught Media in American Culture for 4 years.) ;-) I suspect you might have made discussions slightly more interesting than I did.
JohnBarnes
9/30/2016 10:37:03 PM
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ElizabethV,
Hey, former professors of communication RULE. We're the only ones that get our own jokes.
elizabethv
10/4/2016 4:55:32 AM
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@dlr5288 - I agree, I doubt Netflix will be going anywhere any time soon. Even if they do make the changes discussed in the article, I would imagine most people will either grin and bare it, get used to it, or figure out a way around it so they can just use the content they want without feeling strapped to any kid of specific choice.
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