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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Eno on story

"There is now an almost total disconnection between the validity of a story
and its media success.
If it's a good enough--or convenient enough--story,
it will echo eternally around the media universe....
The result is diminished accountability of almost every level of public discourse,
and a burgeoning industry of professional Swiftboaters...
Changing our minds is our hope for the future.”
-Brian Eno (yes, THAT Eno, U2 fans...He's also the one who predicted YouTube in 1991) , from the introduction of the book below, p. xxii

From Google Books:

Book overview

"What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything"

By John Brockman/Brian Eno

Even geniuses change their minds sometimes.

Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online intellectual salon, recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations: What have you changed your mind about? The answers were brilliant, eye-opening, fascinating, sometimes shocking, and certain to kick-start countless passionate debates.

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