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The Book Industry And The Music Industry. A Deja’vu?

Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

Ancient civilizations believed that time was not linear but circular and postulated the theory of the Eternal Return.

Fast forward to the 21st century: the era of time as progress. Still, sometimes, it feels like ancient philosophers might have been up to something.

Take the history of the Music Industry in last 10 years and compare it against the “evolution” of the Book Industry in most recent months. You look at the facts and then tell me if I am the only one disoriented in time and space. The phenomenon of this displacement is what we today call deja’vu.

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[Book] Ignore Everybody

Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

There are three kinds of books

-Books that teach you a different, new way to think of reality. They might be fiction or not-fiction, it doesn’t really matter. Some random and notable examples would be The Man in the hight castle or Rules of Thumb

-Books that  inspire you. Think of The Divine Comedy or The Cluetrain Manifesto

-Books that “talk to you”. These are the books that leave the most durable and significant imprint on you because it’s like looking at yourself and your past in a mirror that doesn’t accept any B.S.. You read, you laugh at the truths that are told because you eluded them so many times, and eventually they make you “re-think” of many things.

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