Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (532 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316275778 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Since 2001, newspaper and music revenues have fallen by 70 percent; book publishing, film, and television profits have also fallen dramatically. As Taplin observes, the fact that more and more Americans receive their news, as well as music and other forms of entertainment, from a small group of companies poses a real threat to democracy. Revenues at Google in this same period grew from $400 million to $74.5 billion. More creative content is being consumed than ever before, but less revenue is flowing to the creators and owners of that content.With the reallocation of money to monopoly platforms comes a shift in power. Using his own half-century career as a music and film producer and early pioneer of streaming video online, Taplin offers new ways to think about the design of the World Wide Web and specifically the way we live with the firms that dominate it.. Move Fas
McChesney, co-author, People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy"Jonathan Taplin, more than anyone I know, can articulate the paralyzing complexities that have arisen from the intertwining of the tech and music industries. This is not a "technology book" because that term would be far too limiting. He shows the way for artists to reclaim and reinvent subversion, rather than be in servitude to Big Tech. This book is a profound analysis of the ruinous impact of the internet economy on the promise of American life."Benjamin Schwarz, national editor, The American Conservative, f
Jonathan Taplin is the Director Emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, and a former tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band, as well as a film producer for Martin Scorsese. An expert in digital media entertainment, Taplin is a member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and sits on the California Broadband Taskforce
Smart and fun to read This is a must read for artists and creators. It's an exhaustive, well-researched look at the ways in which internet companies, which are now media behemoths, have manipulated the game to their benefit and our economic disadvantage. Taplin turns his years of experience and his keen insight into identifying how we've ended up in an un. "Most important book yet about technology and politics today" according to R. McNamee. "Move Fast and Break Things" is the most important book yet about the tragic consequences of monopoly power in the internet. Google, Facebook and Amazon have done wonderful things, but by a combination of design and unintended consequences, they have caused great harm to the creative arts, our culture and (in the case of Google and F. "Hopefully this will inspire other artists to rise up and make a stand" according to Not A. Rockstar. Finally! Someone has put the facts in print and made it all easily understandable and actionable. Bravo Mr. Taplin!