Freelancing Gods 2010

"The core problem publishing solves — the incredible difficulty, complexity, and expense of making something available to the public — has stopped being a problem."

"Believing in the improbable is quickly becoming a survival skill."

"But media is actually a triathlon, it 's three different events. People like to consume, but they also like to produce, and they like to share."

"It would still all boil down to entertainment, and its suave henchman, pleasure."

"In the digital arena, generative qualities add value to free copies, and therefore are something that can be sold."

"Who watches the watchmen?"

Some of the stats aren't particularly new, but overall it's an interesting little presentation.

Going down the comparison table, I can tick 'yes' for almost all confidently, and the rest are 'close enough' for MBO - w00, go us.