Since I am both interested in science fiction as a subject and working towards writing science fiction I read about both the subject and the art of writing.
A humorous post today detailed things sci-fi publishers are tired of seeing in new books. Some of these things include; vampires, fairy tale retellings, controversial events/topics (rape, incest, etc.) time travel, mermaids, zombies, puns and many more. So if you're writing avoid these, and if you're reading, your're probably tired of seeing or hearing about these things already.
Eastern Europe and Russia seems to be more extreme in their fun and craziness. Recent case is a video from somewhere in that region in the world of a couple of young adults making a canon out of a garbage can. The results are awesome, look up the video.
I watched a funny video by College Humor that had a group of friends that were trying to decide on what to do and were having a very difficult time because everything was "bad". That is, every activity that wanted to try was somehow tied to a corporation, practice, product or image that hurt the environment, oppressed the weak or was somehow wrong. It shows some of the irony and silliness in many modern environmental movements - especially the "hipster" culture. That's not saying environmental movement aren't a good and necessary thing, we just need to be careful how far we take it - like anything in the world.
An economist talked about how the internet, in ways, undermined some of the founding principles of capitalism. He suggests that because everything became accessible and free, there were no products of value, that goes against the value trade and creation at the heart of social media.
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