tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post4860335475096018215..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-12809280450088941742013-01-13T12:34:55.293-05:002013-01-13T12:34:55.293-05:00Such is my "paranoiac critical" vision, ...Such is my "<a href="http://www.artoflegendindia.com/suburbs-paranoiac-critical-city-afternoon-outski-p-30909.html" rel="nofollow">paranoiac critical</a>" vision, anyway. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-41576653562476560742013-01-13T12:31:39.577-05:002013-01-13T12:31:39.577-05:00The internet is the "ideal" forum for th...The internet is the "ideal" forum for this project. For like the "birds" in Aristophane's classic story, the bureaucrats are in the ideal position to "intercept" and/or "restrict" all "smoke" offerings to the gods.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-2784240157771394622013-01-13T12:29:16.781-05:002013-01-13T12:29:16.781-05:00The object of the Society of Control is to allow t...The object of the Society of Control is to allow the people the freedom to passively explore an infinite number and variety of "texts"... but the ability to "author" and/or "alter" none of them.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-5597191305843282922013-01-13T12:24:36.643-05:002013-01-13T12:24:36.643-05:00Social spaces are being both physically and cybern...Social spaces are being both physically and cybernetically designed to prevent people from "massing", for the masses constitute a threat to bureaucratic social orders.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-36092845638407456942013-01-13T12:18:50.267-05:002013-01-13T12:18:50.267-05:00The >derive of the virtual is irresistible. Ps...The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9rive" rel="nofollow">>derive</a> of the virtual is irresistible. Psychogeography, and the lure of the derive in "social spaces" has been rendered "virtually" obsolete.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-30789383042949507112013-01-13T12:10:55.628-05:002013-01-13T12:10:55.628-05:00The "virtual" social space has surpassed...The "virtual" social space has surpassed the geographic / architectural public space. The consequences to society have yet to be assessed. Man's isolation is almost complete.<br /><br />...divided we fall.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-71784545267769418872013-01-13T09:33:20.408-05:002013-01-13T09:33:20.408-05:00Last night, Mr. AOW and I attended THIS CONCERT at...Last night, Mr. AOW and I attended <a href="http://folger.edu/wosummary.cfm?woid=736" rel="nofollow">THIS CONCERT</a> at the Washington National Cathedral. Not the best concert I've ever attended, but still quite a wonderful experience, particularly in a cathedral.<br /><br />As I said at my own site earlier today (Many of the people obsessed with their devices were not of the younger set)...<br /><br />Last night, it came home to me just how wacky Americans have become. Mr. AOW and I went to the Washington National Cathedral for a concert. During the intermission, instead of walking around and soaking up the wonderful atmosphere inside that cathedral, so many people were playing with their iPhones! Hell, some were even leaving their seats during the concert so as to access their iPhones; mostly these people seemed to be accessing their email or updating their Twitter accounts. Sheesh.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-2750817454864585242013-01-12T16:41:09.460-05:002013-01-12T16:41:09.460-05:00That was funny and true in many ways.
FT, I'm...That was funny and true in many ways.<br /><br />FT, I'm sure Ducky will tell you he is trapped in a community of corn-husking yahoos. He's become one of them.Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-76629297132072404752013-01-12T14:53:06.163-05:002013-01-12T14:53:06.163-05:00Ducky,
All of that is great if you're trapped...Ducky,<br /><br />All of that is great if you're trapped on a desert island or in some redneck community of corn-husking yahoos, but as long as "the real thing" is still available, it's MUCH better to socialize and experience cultural events directly than through this electronic medium.<br /><br />Why should any of us live the life of a virtual shut-in before we have to? That IS what's happening to us whether we like it or not.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-33256706495767026262013-01-12T13:58:16.187-05:002013-01-12T13:58:16.187-05:00Yes, indeed, like so many, many other aspects of m...Yes, indeed, like so many, many other aspects of modern life:<br /><br /><i><b>Technology may<br />Be as great as they say,<br />But it wouldn't be missed<br />If it didn't exist?</b></i>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-30372268417157948322013-01-12T13:57:28.643-05:002013-01-12T13:57:28.643-05:00No way I'm giving up my iPod touch.
I have th...No way I'm giving up my iPod touch.<br /><br />I have thousands of songs, dozens of podcasts, the complete poems of Dickinson, Eliot, Lowell.<br /><br />Film reminders for shows at the Brattle, MFA and Harvard Film Archives.<br /><br />Reminders, my address book<br /><br />The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy audio book.<br /><br />MBTA alerts.<br /><br />A slew of apps and games.<br /><br />An art history course, a medieval history course.<br /><br />This thing rocks.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-84380018337025706672013-01-12T12:46:51.528-05:002013-01-12T12:46:51.528-05:00HURRAH! I am in TOTAL AGREEMENT!
And NONE of it r...HURRAH! I am in TOTAL AGREEMENT!<br />And NONE of it really makes our lives better! :-)<br />Good find, FT! xxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-65039924070253725862013-01-12T09:11:01.801-05:002013-01-12T09:11:01.801-05:00Bravo! Bravo! viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-6355343145827083752013-01-12T05:47:32.883-05:002013-01-12T05:47:32.883-05:00Technology is grand -- until it isn't.
I find...Technology is grand -- until it isn't.<br /><br />I find it disconcerting to be enjoying a party only to look around to see so many people checking their devices so frequently that they can't engage in much conversation with the people right in front of them. <i>The Twilight Zone</i> has arrived!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com