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...effective. Wood said he was motivated to write his latest book by the students in the MFA classes he teaches at Colombia, as well as a rift that he sees in American literature between different views of characterization. Wood said he designed his book for “hybrid readers like myself, a bit of commonness and a bit of uncommonness.” This description proved apt for the crowd that had gathered to hear Wood’s talk last night. Though attended by few Harvard students, the lecture was packed with aspiring writers and local fans...
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy By Lawrence Lessig The Penguin Press...
...Gist: In his latest book, the Stanford professor and Wired columnist rails against the nation's copyright laws - regulations he believes are futile, costly and culturally stifling. Citing "hybrid" economies like YouTube and Wikipedia (both of which rely on user-generated "remixes" of information, images and sound), Lessig argues in favor of what he calls a "Read/Write (RW)" culture - as opposed to "Read/Only (RO)" - that allows consumers to "create art as readily as they consume...
...collaboration already going on among rivals in the industry. The sheer cost of developing new, more fuel-efficient vehicles is driving companies together, observes another executive, who notes that GM has already collaborated with Ford on building new transmission and has worked with Chrysler and BMW in developing hybrid vehicles. Chrysler spokeswoman Lori McTavish said that Chrysler entered into a partnership with Nissan earlier this year to build trucks for the Japanese automaker. Last month, the company began building minivans with Volkswagen North America. VW is already marketing the Chrysler-built minivans with slick new ad campaign featuring Brooke Shields...
...Obama and McCain have vowed to do both. Obama has promised an ambitious plan to end Middle East and Venezuela oil imports in 10 years, partly by putting 1 million plug-in hybrid cars on American roads by 2015 and giving a $7,000 tax credit to each person who buys an electric car. McCain has offered a $5,000 tax credit for people buying pure, zero-emission electric cars (GM's Volt would not qualify), with a sliding scale of tax breaks for those buying low-emission vehicles. McCain says he would also give a whopping $300 million prize...