Monday, August 11, 2008

Google worldview: 'an abundance of talent and limitless will to create'


This from BuzzMachine resonates with me. Scrollworks' goal is to make a level playing field by giving everryone access to music instruction and then to nurture those who stand out :
The curmudgeons also argue that this level playing field is flooded...: a loss of taste and discrimination. I’ll argue just the opposite: Only the playing field is flat and to stand out one must now do so on merit - as defined by the public rather than the priests - which will be rewarded with links and attention. This is our link economy, our culture of links. It is a meritocracy, only now there are many definitions of merit and each must be earned...

...But we are shifting, too, from a culture of scarcity to one of abundance. That is the essence of the Google worldview: managing abundance. So let’s assume that instead of a scarcity there is an abundance of talent and a limitless will to create but it has been tamped down by an educational system that insists on sameness; starved by a mass economic system that rewarded only a few giants; and discouraged by a critical system that anointed a closed, small creative class. Now talent of many descriptions and levels can express itself and grow. We want to create and we want to be generous with our creations. And we will get the attention we deserve...

...This link ecology does potentially change the nature of creativity. It makes it more collaborative, not just in the act but in the inspiration.
Perhaps the role of the creative class is not so much to make finished products but to inspire more to be made. It is the flint of creativity...

...When we talk about the Google age, then, we do talk about a new society and the rules I explore in my book are the rules of that society, built on connections, links, transparency, openness, publicness, listening, trust, wisdom, generosity, efficiency, markets, niches, platforms, networks, speed, and abundance...

No comments: