Binary Models

This is actually one of our earlier discussions we had on August 29th 2014 on binary models. There are four different binary models... Hot-Cool, Elitist-Populist, Content-Distribution, and Information-Entertainment. (in case you didn't know, binary means two). So, as you can already see, each binary model has an opposite. Cool things about opposites is that you can do one of each like, one Hot thing and one Cool thing, but not two of the same activity. An examples of a Hot thing is reading a book and a Cool thing would be listening to music; you see, you can listen to music and read a book at the same time but you can't actually read a book and listen to an audio book at the same time (that'd be confusing) because that's two Hot things. But the point of this post is more of a response, not a re-teaching so I'll tell you about what I predict is going to happen these binary models.


The first one (Hot-Cool) there is not much that could happen to it, it's like one of those things that never change like Yin and Yang or Good and Evil, sure the scale could tip but it all goes back into place, eventually; I think that that's what's going to happen it's just going to stay in that one place forever. How we read will change, the type of music will change, but overall it will ALWAYS be the same.


I think that Elitist-Populist is changing but more in a slow, subtle way. In a few years, majority of things will be Populist and a lot of Elitist media will go bankrupt or change the industry like the way magazines were forced to. I also think that some of them, to make more money, will begin to include more of the populist ideas of news. I feel like people today want mostly to be entertained rather than hear things that they NEED to hear; but sometimes we need to hear things that we don't want to.


I think we all know about Content-Distributor, it's pretty obvious (if you don't that's ok, just think about how Netflix has changed over the last few years) and pretty much the same for Information-Entertainment. (Infotainment, is a pretty good name, props for that). So, you know that game you used to play, monopoly, well... it's illegal (don't worry, not game you guys) but there's two types, and now I see why they are illegal, if you think about how life would be like if it weren't illegal it would be very...dull. One company would make everything you buy from your T.V, to your house, to your underwear (yes, even that) and that ONE person who makes it all and distributes it all would be richer than the whole country combined. There would be no people inventing because the company would buy them out, they'd have enough money and power to take over the world (just like in the movies, again) now that wouldn't be fun now would it? Aren't you glad that instead of one company owning everything, just about six do? (Phew!!)