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We, The Web Kids - a generation's manifesto

• zalew 15y ago
  Polish original http://pokazywarka.pl/pm1pgl/ http://pokazywarka.pl/pm1pgl/ Author: https://plus.google.com/117555350878436162140 https://plus.google.com/117555350878436162140 Republished by: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/web-kids-manifesto.html http://boingboing.net/2012/02/22/web-kids-manifesto.html (Cory Doctorow) http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/we-the-web-kids/253382/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/we-the... http://owni.eu/2012/02/20/we-the-web-kids-piotr-czerski/ http://owni.eu/2012/02/20/we-the-web-kids-piotr-czerski/ and many more
• sixbrx 15y ago
  You use google and you're special, we get it. http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/12/0212/022212.html http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/12/0212/022212.html
• mattdeboard 15y ago
  "One more thing: we do not want to pay for our memories. The films that remind us of our childhood, the music that accompanied us ten years ago..." I'm part of this generation (though I suspect older than the author of this piece) and this is 100% ridiculous. Let's not conflate piracy with sentimentality. edit: I'm not British; would "twee" be the right word to describe this piece?
  • zalew 15y ago
    > I suspect older than the author of this piece he's 31
    • mattdeboard 15y ago
      Suspicions: confirmed :)
• tsieling 15y ago
  Oh, so precious, so special. What a bunch of crap.
  • rrgg 15y ago
    +1. P.S. To the author: Some of us elders didn't "learn" to the use the internet either. We built it.
• tsieling 15y ago
  "We are used to our bills being paid automatically, as long as our account balance allows for it;" This is my favourite bit. Point 3 of a manifesto. This will definitely go down in the great manifestos of history. Just laughable, I've met a lot of kids who grew up with the web, but none so overwrought and entitled as this one.