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Death of Proprietary Culture

The title is a snippet of the article entitled "Freeing the Mind: Free Software and the Death of Proprietary Culture" by Eben Moglen.  I highlight the second half of the title because I believe we tend to overlook the fact that the whole spirit of open source extends far beyond Linux, the GPL, and all the other software applications and activities.  It's really more about information where ever it is and how no one has the right to restrict access to it.  It's a huge message.  Read the article and I think you'll be enlightened - as I definitely was.

Customers will threaten every Producer

It's only a matter of time before you see headlines like this for virtually every product category - digital and physical - User-Generated Content Is Top Threat to Media and Entertainment Industry, Accenture Survey Finds

Einstein was a Rebel

I love finding mainstream coverage of trends that are near and dear to my heart.  Wired Magazine has a great article on Einstein in it's latest issue - "The World Needs More Rebels Like Einstein".  It argues that one of the reasons he discovered things that others missed is because he was a rebel and not constrained by the scientific dogma of the time.  "Imagination is more important than knowledge" goes his famous quote.  I couldn't agree more.