Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die | Magazine

Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die | Magazine:

We’re on the brink of Etewaf: Everything That Ever Was—Available Forever.

"Here’s the danger: That creates weak otakus. Etewaf doesn’t produce a new generation of artists—just an army of sated consumers. Why create anything new when there’s a mountain of freshly excavated pop culture to recut, repurpose, and manipulate on your iMovie? The Shining can be remade into a comedy trailer. Both movie versions of the Joker can be sent to battle each another. The Dude is in The Matrix."

Patton Oswalt's take on culture.