{"id":32890,"date":"2012-08-23T12:03:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T10:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=32890"},"modified":"2012-08-23T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T10:04:27","slug":"kirby-ferguson-embrace-the-remix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=32890","title":{"rendered":"Kirby Ferguson: Embrace the remix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"526\" height=\"374\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2012G\/Blank\/KirbyFerguson_2012G-320k.mp4&#038;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/KirbyFerguson_2012G-embed.jpg&#038;vw=512&#038;vh=288&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1535&#038;lang=en&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=kirby_ferguson_embrace_the_remix;year=2012;theme=art_unusual;theme=media_that_matters;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;theme=the_creative_spark;event=TEDGlobal+2012;tag=art;tag=creativity;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan to Steve Jobs, he says our most celebrated creators borrow, steal and transform. &#8220;We are not self-made. We are dependent on one another. Admitting this to ourselves isn&#8217;t an embrace of mediocrity and derivativeness, it&#8217;s a liberation from our misconceptions.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kirby Ferguson explores creativity in a world where <a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?s=Everything+is+a+Remix\">&#8220;everything is a remix.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan to Steve Jobs, he says our most celebrated creators borrow, steal and transform. &#8220;We are not self-made. We are dependent on one another. Admitting this to ourselves isn&#8217;t an embrace of mediocrity and derivativeness, it&#8217;s a liberation from our misconceptions.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":122768,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=122768","url_meta":{"origin":32890,"position":0},"title":"Kirby Ferguson: Embrace the remix","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"23\/08\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. 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