The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing CapitalismSimon and Schuster, 5 mai 2009 - 288 pages It started with punk. Hip-hop, rave, graffiti, and gaming took it to another level, and now modern technology has made the ideas and innovations of youth culture increasingly intimate and increasingly global at the same time. In The Pirate's Dilemma, VICE magazine's Matt Mason -- poised to become the Malcolm Gladwell of the iPod Generation -- brings the exuberance of a passionate music fan and the technological savvy of an IT wizard to the task of sorting through the changes brought about by the interface of pop culture and innovation. He charts the rise of various youth movements -- from pirate radio to remix culture -- and tracks their ripple effect throughout larger society. Mason brings a passion and a breadth of intelligence to questions such as the following: How did a male model who messed with disco records in the 1970s influence the way Boeing designs airplanes? Who was the nun who invented dance music, and how is her influence undermining capitalism as we know it? Did three high school kids who remixed Nazis into Smurfs in the 1980s change the future of the video game industry? Can hip-hop really bring about world peace? Each chapter crystallizes the idea behind one of these fringe movements and shows how it combined with technology to subvert old hierarchies and empower the individual. With great wit and insight -- and a cast of characters that includes such icons as the Ramones, Andy Warhol, Madonna, Russell Simmons, and 50 Cent -- Mason uncovers the trends that have transformed countercultural scenes into burgeoning global industries and movements, ultimately changing our way of life. |
Table des matières
Enter the Lollipop | 1 |
The Tao of Pirates | 33 |
We Invented the Remix | 68 |
The Art of War | 103 |
Boundaries | 134 |
Real Talk | 172 |
Ethernomics | 202 |
The Pirates Dilemma Changing the Game Theory | 231 |
Notes | 245 |
269 | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Matt Mason Affichage d'extraits - 2008 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
advertising already American artists audience became become began better brand club companies consumers copy corporate create creativity developing disco drugs economic effects entire fans first Force future give going graffiti happened hip-hop idea important industry innovation interview it’s kids known labels laws live London look magazine major mean million move movement named networks never once open-source operate original Page party patents percent piracy Pirate’s Dilemma pirates play Player Press punk radio record released remix rock Russell Simmons says scene selling share social society sound space started stations story street success things told turned United writing York youth culture