finally made my first substack post and I haven't been this excited in a long time
my central myth of the internet was shattered and overdue for some updating
A McLuhan insight: as one tech environment gives way to a new one, the old environment will turn into "art." Just like the Romantics romanticized the agrarian way of life as England industrialized, we've started to romanticize the industrial and the electric analog way of life as the world digitizes itself into the cloud.
every time I open Spotify more tracks are grayed out, the songs are no longer available... music slowly became the least "file over app" part of my digital life
my teenage self understood this better — nothing beats your own collection of MP3s
"what you learn from others you can use to follow.
what you learn for yourself you can use to lead."
hamming’s point: don’t just consume, create.
don't be passive, be active, don't just comment, post
finally made my first substack post and I haven't been this excited in a long time
my central myth of the internet was shattered and overdue for some updating
@ckurdziel@HipCityReg I don't see the the unlimited library as the issue here -- as designed the platform pushes you to consume more audio than you intend.
Give me access to all the content, just let me come around to it at my own pace.