http://futurismic.com/2010/03/19/cash-for-crime-monetizing-anonymous-street-art/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://futurismic.com/2010/03/19/cash-for-crime-monetizing-anonymous-street-art/comment-page-1/#comment-88394 Steven Klotz Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:49:36 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10737#comment-88394 My day job is as a web developer for <a href="http://www.novica.com" rel="nofollow">an online art company</a>. In our case we act as agents for artists in countries that would otherwise not have a direct market to the English speaking world. In the process of becoming the single middleman between the artist and the consumer we end up bypassing many of the traditional importers, exporters, wholesalers, etc. I bring this up mainly to answer that YES stable middlemen can be created by the internet, even if the NET number of middlemen may decrease. We've been successful at this since 1999. Your results may vary. My day job is as a web developer for an online art company. In our case we act as agents for artists in countries that would otherwise not have a direct market to the English speaking world. In the process of becoming the single middleman between the artist and the consumer we end up bypassing many of the traditional importers, exporters, wholesalers, etc. I bring this up mainly to answer that YES stable middlemen can be created by the internet, even if the NET number of middlemen may decrease. We’ve been successful at this since 1999. Your results may vary.

]]> http://futurismic.com/2010/03/19/cash-for-crime-monetizing-anonymous-street-art/comment-page-1/#comment-87855 Summerspeaker Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:50:11 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10737#comment-87855 In a society that provided for everyone as a starting point, this wouldn't be an issue. Then folks would simply work according to their calling and allow anyone interested to benefit. Such a system offers outstanding advantages over the present one. In a society that provided for everyone as a starting point, this wouldn’t be an issue. Then folks would simply work according to their calling and allow anyone interested to benefit. Such a system offers outstanding advantages over the present one.

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