Re: [WikiEN-l] It's Only a Theory (and free culture)

For those in the UK who can access the BBC iPlayer, you might be interested in yesterday's episode of a comedy/debate program called "It's Only a Theory". The show is obscure, but not obscure enough to not have a Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Only_a_Theory Episode 7: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nxks7 That episode featured Andrew Keen (the second guest), who presented his theory that "user-generated media is killing culture and economy". He didn't mention Wikipedia (he was more focused on blogs and social networking sites and free downloads of music), though at the end he did bring in free culture as part of his argument (saying that free culture can be damaging). A bit lightweight (the show is part comedy part semi-serious debate), but interesting. If you don't want to watch the Andrew Keen bit, the first guest talks about the threat of bees becoming extinct or seriously depleted, which is worth watching. For the record, the bee killing theory was rejected and the user-generated media theory was accepted (again, the voting is not entirely serious). Oh, and that page I linked to has a 3-minute clip focused on the segment "Is User Generated Media Killing our Culture?" http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00542f2 Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l