Where to begin.
Mass Media
"The historical tendency of the past two centuries has been to push the speed of delivery to zero and size of audience to infinity."
The article discusses time and space relationships in corresponding to the viewer. However, the new purpose of mass media is to do what the quote above says. Regardless of the space the viewer inhabits or the time in which they are viewing such media. Everything, essentially is going to have to become digitized though in order to accomplish this goal. Once this occurs though the power structure of the world become threatened. People have access to anything, everywhere at any time; therefore, those who regulate and control the public will have to also manage the digital realm in order to keep power. That what I took from the article.
Exchange
The visual economy and giving worth to items that have no value other than being pretty. This is what the article discussed and it explained how this idea has evolved. It also discussed the blood bond and blood payment. What I took from this on was the arbitrary nature of the exchange and of money. Ron Paul is actually pushing for the gold standard again. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/369835/january-04-2011/gold-faithful---ron-paul---david-leonhardt
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