Writing About Cool Ch 1-2

After reading the first two chapters of Jeff Rice's Writing About Cool, I came to some conclusions about cool.

• Counterculture will eventually be assimilated and sold back to later generations
• There can be a book that writes about cool, but there will never be a guide to what is cool - such is the nature of cool

In the realspace world, part of being cool is belonging to an exclusive group. But because what is on the Internet is available to everyone, posting something online is a violation of cool's rule of exclusivity. Maybe the Internet's dynamic requires a rethinking of cool. Cool on the Internet is the ability to share information freely regardless of personal differences. This is reflected in projects such as Creative Commons and the Open Source movement.