Friday, December 07, 2012

Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality



Published on Dec 5, 2012

Can you live without your phone?

We've all become pretty attached to our cellular devices: it's a GPS, a camera, a game console, a social media portal... and half a million other things, all in our pocket! From concerts to meals to our pets, we process and experience the world through our phone. But as we see in so many mobile phone ads, the representations of these moments (whether its instagrams, foursquare check ins or Facebook shares) seem to be taking over and replacing the experience itself. In this brave new world is the mobile phone a tool, or a filter through which we experience a new reality?

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CGP Grey
Copyright: Forever Less One Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4

Barats and Bereta - Hapi Birth Dey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f2PCWYAZQc

Everything is a Remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmwwjikTHxw

PlusEcon Response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcCyRmHels0&feature=plcp

Paper Mentioned in Comments:
Carla Hesse - Rise of Intellectual Property
http://www.amacad.org/publications/spring2002/hesse.pdf

Music:
Roglok: http://vimeo.com/musicstore/track/21166
Level 5: Room for the Homelesshttp://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a101325/level-5
Tony Bullard: Rockin http://soundcloud.com/toekneebullard/rockin
EatMe: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/348390/eatme
The Grave Arcade - Graphix (Awesome Gif Idea Channel Remix!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g5-IC7QrNI


Want some more Idea Channel?

Here's Last Week's episode: "Should 'Happy Birthday' be Protected by Copyright?" http://youtu.be/fzbSt0QG7mY

Want another one? Here ya go: "Is Nostalgia the Reason for Adventure Time's Amazing Awesomeness?"http://youtu.be/7MVvkqbXiws

Here's Some More: "Is YouTube Making Us Smarter?"http://youtu.be/8qjge9U_MiA
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