Remix Discussion

I watched the Larry Lessig’s TED talk “Laws That Choke Creativity” and found it is very interesting to explore the idea of remixing or content stealing. I believe he makes a great point that our society may not move forward if creativity is choked or killed. In his words, today’s younger generation has been labeled as “pirates”, but It is almost impossible not use someone else’s work as a reference point when endless amounts of resources at your fingers. The young generation uses the technology to embrace their creativity. For instance, today’s many styles of music are created in which technology plays a huge role in the creation process. Also, new advances may not be happen on the medicine if scientists do not think outside of the box. So I believe it is still can be called creativity if someone remix or sampling an artist’s work to compose something completely different by himself. Yet, he also mentioned that younger generations are obsessed with technology as an “age of prohibition”. Do you think it is good or bad that younger generations base so much of their lives around technology?