“Also, after Examined Life was finished I found myself thinking about the way creative opportunities and distribution channels were shifting. Should I be showing my films in theaters or just think about getting them out online? There were other issues, too.” ThinkingWayShouldFilmFoundOpportunityCreativeIssuesTheaterFinishedOnlineShould IDistributionShiftingExamined Life Author:Astra Taylor
“I mean look at all these acquisitions and mergers - WhatsApp and Oculus and et cetera. There's no way that you can envision these tech companies as the underdog anymore. They're always presented as though they were these little guys who you should be championing - Facebook will overthrow the cable television complex, blah blah - but it's more likely they will merge with them.” WayShouldLooksMeanLittlesGuyCompanyTelevisionComplexesCablesAcquisitionUnderdogBlahMergersWhatsapp Author:Astra Taylor
“It's not just that we all as individuals should reevaluate our relationship with our devices - maybe you should, on a personal level - but in terms of balancing the micro and the macro and the personal and the structural, it's actually a bigger issue than you and your phone addiction.” ShouldIndividualTermLevelsIssuesBiggerAddictionPhonesDevicesOur RelationshipMacro Author:Astra Taylor
“think there's a culture of Silicon Valley that seems to have the attitude that you can have it both ways, that you can be an insurgent but also, ultimately, it's paid for by advertising, when in fact advertising is totally retrograde. Now that's an industry we should be disrupting, and maybe you disrupt it by funding public media. None of this is technological destiny; there are only social choices.” ThinkingWayShouldFactsSeemsChoicesCultureSocialAttitudeDestinyMediaIndustryPaidAdvertisingValleysTechnologicalFundingSiliconSilicon ValleyInsurgentRetrograde Author:Astra Taylor
“All this stuff - about the materiality of the network, what it's made of, and how it works - should be part of a basic media literacy, because we depend on this technology for more and more aspects of our day-to-day lives.” ShouldMadeStuffTechnologyMediaDependsAspectDay To DayLiteracyDay LifeDay To Day LifeMaterialityMedia Literacy Author:Astra Taylor
“I think somebody who is more self-reflective should ask why they personally aren't going on that path. If amateurism is so great, why didn't you stay one? You have to look at the larger economy, a backdrop of unemployment; it's shitty out there.” IfsThinkingShouldLooksSelfAsksEconomyPathUnemploymentBackdrop Author:Astra Taylor
