Alan J Sondheim on Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:02:16 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Re: <nettime> net.<foo> |
Now, ah, it's dot.fear, not just fear - which reminds me of the psycho- analytical attempts to negotiate addictions (computer addiction disorder, gambling disorder, etc.) - all of which effaces the underlying causes in the guise of the surface. The point is, that the "Net" is _not_ a medium, but as sloppy as tele- phony or television (cable, vcr, camcorder, satellite, network, ham, etc. etc.). And that . simply (simply) reifies / inscribes a confluence of practices which can't help but exclude others. And no, I use the word "cyber" a lot, and it's not a question of dot.fear or any other sort of fear. It's the need to _deconstruct_ these stances in the first place. Alan --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@icf.de and "info nettime" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@icf.de