“ When you’re young, you look at television and think, ‘There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down.’ But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.
Steve Jobs in WIRED 4.02, 1996
12 years on, have the seeds been planted to circumvent the networks as they were the labels? Answer below.
Yes.
Following up on this quote led me to another by Steve, age 29 in Playboy, 1985: “It’s rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.” Steve recently turned 53 on the day before I turned over from 29 to 30 and I wonder whether 53-year-old Steve would back up his statement. I have a feeling he would.
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