Seth Godin writes about the evolution of every medium.
- Technicians who invented it, run it
- Technicians with taste, leverage it
- Artists take over from the technicians
- MBAs take over from the artists
- Bureaucrats drive the medium to banality
Maybe in Canada we should amend it slightly:
- Technicians who invented it, run it
- Technicians with taste, leverage it
- Artists take over from the technicians
- Governments take over from the artists
- Bureaucratic application forms drive the medium to banality
Seth uses the example of TV, but promises that the web will go this way eventually. But right now? Artist's medium.
