Pat Kane on the Power of Play, Semiosis and Socio-Technical Networks

Posted on | November 20, 2009 | No Comments

The Internet as Playground and Factory – Pat Kane from Voices from The Internet as Play on Vimeo.

….we underestimate the power of play, the intrinsic, constitutive power of play to shape the way that the internet is developing….

….[I want to] negotiate my schizophrenia between being a lover of critical theory, left theory, and a music businessman whose business has been de-commodified by the internet, but I’m still trying to make a living out of it….

Just some of Pat Kane’s thoughts on his contribution to the Internet as Playground and Factory conference held in New York last week. I had the pleasure of chatting to Pat for a while just a few weeks ago – what a delight it is to come across someone who combines lucidity, erudition and intelligence while managing to retain a sense of fun (and to keep his feet on the ground).

But then, he did write The Play Ethic, which for me is one of that relatively small number of books that I like to keep always close at hand because I know it will throw me le mot juste or a useful reference or an idea for further exploration just when I need it.

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