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Global Culture Jam 1999
Global Culture Jam 1999
THIS YEAR we will try on many fronts to catalyze a millennial moment of truth - a global mindshift, a mass reversal of perspective - from which the corporate/consumerist forces will never fully recover.
YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. You can continue to dream the American dream, continue to drive your [...][Abstract Hacktivism] Was ‘99 our ‘68?
With regards to the comparison between ‘68 and ‘99, one can first state that both are examples of years that roughly demarcate a cultural shift.
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1999 was the epic year during which many – but not all – of the key events of the dot.com boom happened. As already mentioned, this was the year when concepts [...][Abstract Hacktivism] Wired and the culture of ‘99
For anyone visiting San Francisco in the summer of 1999, the atmosphere of the dot.com boom was all too evident. For one, there was strong air of gold rush frenzy: For instance, Newsweek ran a cover story on the middle classes fretting over the fact that ‘everyone is getting rich but me’. However, beyond the [...]