"Instead of lots of people saying, “You know, somebody should … ” there were lots of people saying, “So I did this, this, and this” - Postman pondering Orwellian (control) v Huxlean futures (indifference), media not as means of communication but shaping our conversations - indifference - what do you plan to do (in 1984? nothing) - what's new? What's the difference between classroom and American idol auditions - (dis)engagement? "escaping from the anonymity of modern life" (Henry Canby in 1926!) - Being on the assembly line, existing in suburbia, connected only by roads - a brief history of 'whatever', meh, here we are now, entertain us - generations - narcissism and search for identity (in culture that doesn't give it) - knowing ourselves through relations, new media enabling new conversations, new way of knowing - a new language, remixing Charlie (ouch!): masks, constructing identity - tension between values of individuality and community - we speak video - lets do whatever it takes

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"Jon Udell invites Stuart Weibel to reflect on his leading role in the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. They also discuss how databases like the Online Computer Library Center's WorldCat - which consolidates bibliographic data from over 50,000 participating libraries - can enrich our experience of using and contributing to the web."

"This is a slightly revised and cleaned up version of the video that was featured on YouTube in February 2007. I considered releasing it as an "eternal beta" in true Web 2.0 style, but decided to let it stand as is and start working on future projects. Many of my future videos will address the last 30 seconds of this video (the "rethink ..." part). Thank you all for the helpful comments on the earlier draft. It has been a great experience to connect with so many people interested in similar issues. Once again, there are higher quality versions available for download: Windows Media File (55 MB): http://www.mediafire.com/?22l2vyomimv Quicktime File (96 MB): http://www.mediafire.com/?ammm122k1ma Mojiti Version (for comments, translations, etc.): http://mojiti.com/kan/2743/5984 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything. I received many more positive comments than negative about the song choice (great work Deus!), but if you are one of those who does not like the song just download the video and change the audio track to your liking. The video was created by me (Michael Wesch), working alone from my house in St. George, Kansas. I used CamStudio for the screen captures and Sony Vegas for the panning/cropping/zooming animations. Someday I might make a video tutorial for those who are interested."