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Better Living Through Circuitry
1999 · Film · documentary · 85 min
Directed by Jon Reiss
A documentary about rave culture and the Electronic Dance movement of the '90s. It is the first such full-length documentary on the topic. It was produced by Cleopatra Pictures and Entertainment Group, presided by Cleopatra Records founder Brian Perera. The film features interviews with BT, The Crystal Method, Electric Skychurch, Genesis P-Orridge, Frankie Bones, DJ Spooky, Roni Size, and DJ Keoki.
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I was actually thinking more like burning man, but same idea. I didn't actually mean it in a cynical way though, nor do I think that it's inherently cynical in any way unless you think that it's not possible for capitalism to benefit society. If you watch the movie Better Living Through Circuitry, it gives a really good look at the psychology of the people who are heavily into rave culture, and there seems to be a strong need for more things that meet those sorts of psychological needs in society.
Also, if you watch Neal Goldsmith's talk about the need for unconditional love for promoting proper psychospiritual development, I think there begins to emerge a clear blueprint for architecting more systems around this:
http://vimeo.com/16260822
What if someone made a social network that revolved around unconditional love, where social interactions were subtly designed in ways to promote community and psychospiritual development? I think something like that would have a real chance at blowing Facebook out of the water.