BBC NEWS | Entertainment | The golden age of infinite music
Interesting article, pondering on the change from a situation of Artificial scarcity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to a completely infinite online jukebox, where the limiting resource is no longer your money (or lack of it), but your time.
Given that you could listen to "anything ever recorded", what would drive your selection process?
Familiarity? peer pressure? marketing? social networking?, statistical patterns?
"Other people who listened to this, also listened to ..."
Indeed, when faced with The Tyranny of Choice: Scientific American do you yearn for a benevolent celstial DJ?
Charlie Brooker | There's too much stuff. We live in a stuff-a-lanche. It's time for a cultural diet | Comment is free | The Guardian
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"Freedom from choice"?