11 Big Things I took away from

SXSW

#briansxsw

Where?

“The decade of the social layer is over. The decade of the

game layer has begun”

The opposite of play is not work. The opposite of

play is depression.

Governments don’t fear informed

individuals: they fear synchronized

movement

Some Rock & Roll carried revolutionary political messages,

ALL Rock & Roll carried a

revolutionary social message.

Social Media fails, accidental and engineered, all follow the same

narrative.

Facebook’s only commodity is us, and

we will flee unless Facebook displays

“Trust, Transparency, & Truth”

Steve Jobs is a priest.

If we shut up about climate change,

we might sell more electric cars.

Conference #Hashtag

takeovers, like bridge blocking,

can make enemies who come back

and bite you in the ass.

Journalism is not dead.

This is an era of organized deception,

in which it takes tremendous effort to speak simple truths.

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

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