Just a quick reply.
I can't make out from this post whether the conversations referred to are
discussions during the sessions or conversations outside session 8 proper.
All of the sessions have been recorded and Session 8, along with 7 and 9,is
now being transcribed.
Henry
malcolmdean@earthlink.net wrote:
> 1) Story - Rob Swigart
>
> Of course, Story is a big deal here in Hollywood, really a sub-
> industry. Everybody pays homage, then goes home and sins in
> primetime. But not all authorities agree on the three-act structure,
> as was stated. John Truby (www.truby.com) has a series of products
> analyzing very successful stories with 2, 4, n acts in various
> genres. Perhaps an area which could be investigated would be a set of
> genres matching the scenario work. Here again, Truby has the most
> interesting set of genres. Obviously, no business would own up to
> playing out a Murder Mystery, but maybe Romance has some value. If
> you're going to borrow, why not take it all?
>
> 2) Promoting these ideas
>
> It seems the seminar is looking for a fundamental set of products or
> developments, a complete toolkit, to create this revolution, just as
> the PC was born. I'm not sure this will be possible in the limited
> time available, or that it can play out the same way.
>
> Evolution is messy. While exploration and development proceeds in
> academia and business, efforts should also be made in the public and
> mass market arena. Even academics participate in the common
> experience during down times. Existing venues in the media should be
> exploited to prepare society. Identify, encourage and train naturally-
> occurring spokespersons. Products like Partnerware and groupwares are
> popping up all over the 'net. Use and encourage them, even if they
> only implemented half of an idea. A CoDIAK Webring can be established
> to link NICs and related efforts. An HTML newsletter can help
> maintain visibility. Potential profits can be stressed to create
> value. Is there an IPO in here somewhere? Perhaps memes could be
> created to spread the concepts. The whole idea needs to acquire sex
> appeal. In other words, we are not likely to be able to afford
> elegance, nor should a lack of elegance discourage any venue or
> method. He who dies with the most toys, wins.
>
> DKRs will require a fundamental cultural shift toward honoring
> information. Information must become like a religion, preserved and
> enshrined just like ancient texts. Right now, information control and
> obfuscation are much more important - politics and religious
> authority are the most blatant examples. And witness the low stature
> and pay of librarians and teachers.
>
> One classmate raised the question of conversations not being
> recorded, pointing out that they contain much of the knowledge which
> should be stuffed into the repository. Obviously, our culture is not
> going to start hiring millions of human recorders to take notes and
> maintain DKRs (even if this would be a good thing to do with the
> millions who will have nothing to do when robots are designing and
> building robots). But the immensely more powerful computers just
> around the corner will be able to. Dragon Systems is previewing audio
> search technology which comes from the "Intelligence community" (and
> which may, in fact, have played a role in Echelon, the American
> telecom spy system which has made many Europeans paranoid). As a
> pilot project, the NPR audio archive is being made available. When
> workers communicate with each other and the DKR just as Starfleet
> officers talk to their ships, DKRs will be practical and powerful.
> This possibility is not very far away.
>
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