Less a response to my column than a considered attempt to revisit many of the issues that are swirling around good and bad of personas. Includes some samples.

More collapse between consumer and producer.

In which video store employees recreate classic films that they accidentally erased

More journalistic than ethnographic in focus, but an awesome list. Thanks to Ben Allen for this.

What if MLK was in a coma, not dead, and he woke up in 2006? Sci-fi-like premise for an amazing episode filled with provocative satire and sadness-infused social commentary. I can’t watch the show anymore tho’ – too shrill.