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almost every mention of Brian Eno's Scenius idea links to either Kevin Kelly's 2008 post, Bruce Sterling's repost of that on Wired, or a quote of Eno speaking in Sydney in 2009. Here's a quote from Eno's 1996 book, "The Year With Swollen Appendices", via https://t.co/uvzrsEfWq4 https://t.co/LL7VvrLANF
this is interesting for a couple of reasons 1. he mentions that he came up with it "a few years ago", so likely early 1990s 2. he points at some examples himself (usually people link to Kevin Kelly's chosen examples) https://t.co/8tGzxYF4zy
Aha, and here is James Ogilvy mentioning a specific year and place – 1993, at a conference in London https://t.co/gWKsYTkr7H https://t.co/sqilGXPZyS
ooh, @vgr wrote about this too in Jul 2019 "In my opinion, the key symptom of active scenius is that keeping up with technological change, and with the people driving the change, becomes the same thing." 3 dimensions: who, where, what (most impt) https://t.co/0je2QE5HWn https://t.co/EvjOtWWeOp
cool idea from @Brenman_Scott his article is focused on marketing, and there are some interesting points high turnover makes it difficult to build lasting knowledge/expertise bad incentives encourage people to hoard info https://t.co/pYKbrFJykL https://t.co/fwanRIEbPy
this by @mbauwens in 2008 confirms my suspicions – you need at least some near-full-time 'leaders' to manage a serious scene, https://t.co/GyIQbfSHjO Eno does address this too, in a talk (Q&A?), "Don't Get A Job". Well, I'm doing it Brian! I'm jobless! [manic cackling] https://t.co/umi0tIlb2I
In this bit Eno talks about both scenius and basic income. "The biggest obstacle at the moment is that people have to earn a living." https://t.co/VK9j4wvPBR https://t.co/w0duJFfT2V
from a @briankoppelman interview with @pmarca, 2019 https://t.co/O4Mq9q5Dyw https://t.co/g1dfhfbkFG
