Level Up Media
(draft) Helping ideas get unstuck.
In 2022, I posted The Internet Is Stuck in Mainstream Media Metaphors. The argument was roughly this:
- Early movies filmed theater, which was familiar.
- Then filmmakers innovated, inventing the language of cinema: pan, zoom, jump cut, montage.
- The Web now emulates magazine articles, radio shows, TV and movies. Old media.
- Much more is possible.
We're at a moment where we can level up, transforming media.
Leveling up media will help us Save Civilization together.
The Copyright Industries will likely fight this. The Creator’s Dilemma.
To level up media, let's:
- Create NeoBooks
- Present Using NeoDecks
- Curate The Big Fungus together
- Turbocharge Pattern Languages
- Neuter Social Media's Addictive Business Model
See our wishlist of ATproto Apps.
This article is cross-posted on Substack here, Medium here and LinkedIn here. It's also here in my Brain.