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Don’t tell us that it’s impossible and that there is no budget for glitter. Give us a wheel to reinvent. … We are more than the sum of our parts. We get presidents elected. 

Wonderful manifesto for the creative class, a term coined by Richard Florida in his 2002 modern classic The Rise of the Creative Class. Second only to the cinematic Holstee LifeCycle manifesto.

Pair with 5 manifestos for the creative life.

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culture and society media and communication Adobe open access
First, by encouraging publication, we make it attractive for the best minds in the business to come work in our labs – we count several former and current University professors among our ranks. Second, our researchers draw on the wealth of knowledge in the academic community as well – a great deal of our research is done in collaboration with graduate students like Connelly. And third, the rigorous demands of peer review keep us motivated to try truly new things – rather than being content to simply do all the old things better.
Adobe principal scientist Dan Goldman on why the software giant chooses to publish its best research rather than keeping it behind locks or paywalls – a bittersweet contrast with the tragedy of Aaron Swartz.
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1-21-2013