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some equally thought provoking comments on that article page (how unusual is that!?) - James Tindall

indeed! i was just reading them… it's a too short article to expose such a complex issue, but the point is very good (and actually something i regularly try to discuss with my students while studying computers and digital media) — maybe you also know this text by michael mateas: http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpres... ? - miguel carvalhais

I think you're right it is extremely complex. I sometimes think being engaged in active production of software occupies me so much that I lose (or forgo) as many freedoms as it endows. I hope Rushkoff continues to think and write along these lines as he promises in the article. I always find his writings enlightening. Not read the Mateas article. Will read it now! - James Tindall

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Interesting. Miguel, I wonder what you make of this quote from architecture critic Jonathan Meades: "the difference between craft and art is that art ought never to repeat itself, whilst craft ought always to repeat itself" - I found this quote only recently and thought it to be one of the better explanations of the difference between art and craft that I'd heard. By repetition I... more... - James Tindall

Hi James! I obviously agree with the Meades quote, but i wasn't discussing this art vs craft problem. I used "craft" to underline the difference between what happens in media based in industrial reproduction (as print) from what happens in the web and similar digital media where a single "original" is accessed by multiple readers… In industrial processes (in graphic design, to keep on... more... - miguel carvalhais

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