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Lance Cummings PhD

May 18

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How Mystery Science Theater 3000 May Have Started the Creator Economy

It’s about more than just content…

Photo by Felipe Bustillo on Unsplash

In 1988, when Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) first premiered on a small cable channel in Minneapolis, there was no Web 2.0 or maker culture. Local cable was the closest you could get to your own distribution channel.

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I write about the right use of ancient and new technologies to create new ways of thinking with writing … what I call iSophistry. 🤖 🏛️

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