Pondering on the Christmas season, it struck me that in many ways the computer industry is beginning to resemble the toy industry. This new toy industry and culture is skim movement in overdrive. It is been there, programmed that. It is cool and fidgety and shamelessly condescending to the plebes who are supposed to buy and use the 'toys'. When I think of deep movement I think of the Blues, traditional Irish music, Russian literature, Chinese culture, Japanese traditions.
Deep movement can take thousands of years to exhibit what it has created.
Building community is all the rage on the internet today. But the genuine communities that I am aware of have taken years, if not hundreds of years, to build. Toys are wonderful for children, as they are tools of play, and play has a fundamental role in preparing children to assume adult roles. Adult toys can help adults play and explore this rapidly changing world. The computer industry with its increasingly 'big and fast is beautiful' and 'toys for the boys' ethos is in danger of alienating the mass consumer market that it must address if it is to expand.