Posts Tagged ‘digital revolution’
These five Canadians created the Digital Revolution
With Canada 150 upon us, I’ve been ransacking 50 Canadians Who Changed the World. Yesterday I turned up half a dozen Canadians, among them Margaret Atwood and Joni Mitchell, who spirited the Sixties into the 21st Century. Today I discover that five Canadians created the Digital Revolution. Marshall McLuhan: Recognized internationally as the Prophet of…
Read MoreThe Internet has spawned a latter-day Industrial Revolution
Why is it so much harder to make a living these days? Especially if you’re a writer, a musician, a photographer, a visual artist. . . . We all know why: the Internet. Everything we once got paid to create is now available for free. OK, that’s an exaggeration. But I do like this book…
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