This is not a popular opinion, but I hope this leads to a fundamental change in our collective lifestyle here in the United States. This pipe dream we’ve been living subsidized by the future had to end sometime.
Previous generations had shared culture in the form of television. Virtually everyone watched TV, and, before the advent of cable and satellite TV, people were limited to a few stations and watched many of the same program. Now, it is much more rare to find someone who watches the same television programs as you (especially for me since I don’t watch TV).
Our new shared culture comes in the form of the Internet! This fact occurred to me again when I checked twitter this morning (Please add me!) to find that Jeff Cannata, a co-host of one of my favorite video podcasts, The Totally Rad Show, had tweeted the latest shirt.woot. Read the rest of this entry »