Comments on: The Thinking Society http://www.buddeblog.com.au/the-thinking-society/ From Paul's Desk Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:25:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: gina http://www.buddeblog.com.au/the-thinking-society/#comment-80744 gina Wed, 28 May 2008 07:24:36 +0000 http://www.buddeblog.com.au/?p=177#comment-80744 I have worked in the most dynamic industry in Australia for almost 17 years. All of that time with the biggest and most powerful telco. I left after I got sick of the leadership still being in the television watching phase while the industry was on the brink of revolution. I am so aware that my daughter's generation will not settle for just television. Her generation is ready to move to the next level of technology and will be more demanding and progressive in the way she approaches technology in her life. Revenue growth will come when telcos understanding the need of this generation and the next. Hopefully this will force the baby boomers with the kill change gene finally out of the industry. The future will be much brighter after that. I have worked in the most dynamic industry in Australia for almost 17 years. All of that time with the biggest and most powerful telco. I left after I got sick of the leadership still being in the television watching phase while the industry was on the brink of revolution. I am so aware that my daughter’s generation will not settle for just television. Her generation is ready to move to the next level of technology and will be more demanding and progressive in the way she approaches technology in her life. Revenue growth will come when telcos understanding the need of this generation and the next. Hopefully this will force the baby boomers with the kill change gene finally out of the industry. The future will be much brighter after that.

]]> By: Charles Jago http://www.buddeblog.com.au/the-thinking-society/#comment-80628 Charles Jago Tue, 27 May 2008 13:22:04 +0000 http://www.buddeblog.com.au/?p=177#comment-80628 I am not as optimistic as your article. People spend more time watching TV, but I think the large majority of people watch media without producing any of their own. I see some entertainment as inspirational, but more of it as an opiate. A generation or more ago, people had far more free time on average, because a family could pay off a mortgage with the salary of one parent, not two. In that sense, things have actually regressed. Despite all the fantastic new opportunities and creative developments, I think genuine change will be in spite of, not because of people's addiction to media. Why do people participate in this addiction? Maybe because they are sleep-deprived, and because genuine meaning and means of seeing real change are consistently blocked by media which focuses on financial return to a small oligopoly of huge media organisations. Media for them focuses on directing large numbers of people into superficial consumerism. Yes, of course there is lots of potential for good things to come out of media. But beware the hypnosis of media promoters! The balance of influence will need to shift a long way before we see social benefits outweigh the addictions. I am not as optimistic as your article. People spend more time watching TV, but I think the large majority of people watch media without producing any of their own. I see some entertainment as inspirational, but more of it as an opiate.

A generation or more ago, people had far more free time on average, because a family could pay off a mortgage with the salary of one parent, not two. In that sense, things have actually regressed. Despite all the fantastic new opportunities and creative developments, I think genuine change will be in spite of, not because of people’s addiction to media.

Why do people participate in this addiction? Maybe because they are sleep-deprived, and because genuine meaning and means of seeing real change are consistently blocked by media which focuses on financial return to a small oligopoly of huge media organisations. Media for them focuses on directing large numbers of people into superficial consumerism.

Yes, of course there is lots of potential for good things to come out of media. But beware the hypnosis of media promoters! The balance of influence will need to shift a long way before we see social benefits outweigh the addictions.

]]> By: Leo http://www.buddeblog.com.au/the-thinking-society/#comment-80579 Leo Tue, 27 May 2008 04:41:35 +0000 http://www.buddeblog.com.au/?p=177#comment-80579 bring it on, it is wonderful to the young take back control of their lives. bring it on, it is wonderful to the young take back control of their lives.

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