Raja Jasti’s Blog - Renaissance Thinking

I recently wrote a manifesto called imagine where I said this.

Imagine a world where anyone can build a newspaper publishing house, a radio station, a tv network or a film production studio. What would you want to do in such a world of infinite possibilities? Would you continue to do what you are doing today? Would you contune to work at your 9 to 5 job? If you are one of the many unfortunate people that are out of a job, would you continue to look for a new job which may take a while in this wretched economy? If you are a budding musician or an actor or a writer or a photographer would you continue to look to sign up with a big label or a big studio or a big publisher? What if you live in zimbabwe or myanmar or timbuktu with talent and desire? What would you do in this brave new world?

Well that world is here today. So your imagination and talent are the only things that can limit you.

The economy may be looking bleak all over the world but we are at the dawn of a brave new world. It is right there if you can see it. It just takes a bit of imagination.

Steve gilmore echoes similar sentiments  in his post called it is only the beginning.

We’re seeing a new Beatles emerging in this new morning of creativity, a series of devices and software constructs that empower us with both the personal meaning of our lives and the intuitive combinations of serendipity and found material and the sturdiness that only rigorous practice brings. The ideas and sculpture, the rendering of this supple brine, we’ll stand in awe of it as it is polished to a sparkling sheen. This is not a beta period, though each element is maturing rapidly. It’s a wave of Sully’s guiding each ship to a safe landing.

Steve sounds a bit giddy, but I like the sound of what he wrote. The coincidence is not lost on me that the refers to beatles while the title of my manifesto is imagine. He was inspired by the new friendfeed which Mike says may be the coolest app that no one uses.