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posted by Sean @ 11/10/2005 10:55:00 AM
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Politics Schmolitics
We are a group of friends and acquaintances -- a merry band of pranksters indeed -- who have been arguing about politics on-and-off, then really on, then a little off... since 1998. On email. But that meant literally thousands of emails a year. That was too many. So here's the blog dedicated to carrying on that spirit of political and pop culture argument and dialogue. You might think of us as "schmoliticians", because while we take politics seriously, we try not to take ourselves quite so.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
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2 Comments:
Quite a nice little article. My favourite bit: "The whole world is bitchier these days." Fo' sho'!
However, I think that some of this article is Norman Rockwellian, in the sense that it is pining away for the "good old days", when in fact, said good old days never existed.
I love the fact that Internet technology lets me communicate with you guys all the way from Japan. I love the fact that I do not have to write letters until my hand hurts, since I have my blog; people can read about my life as they please. I love the fact that online communities exist--I would not have gotten to know you guys if Sean had not mentioned this blog.
So I think technology is not killing us, draining away social contact, etc. Of course, like all good things, it can be used for evil, and too much of it is no longer a good thing. I don't buy that technology locks us onto the hampster wheel, however. Consumerism is rampant now, but you do not have to play that game. Hell, I am a software engineer, but I don't own an iPod. I may window-shop for neat little gadgets on ThinkGeek.com, but I don't buy them.
It may be harder these days to resist the siren song of Convenience Over All Else, but it can be done. Rich, rewarding lives can still be lived.
This Brave New World is especially wonderful for intellectuals. We don't have the coffee shops of Victorian England, or the university campuses of later times, but we can wax on (wax off?) about any topic we wish, with similarly interested individuals all over the world! I would like to think that I am a much more broad-minded individual thanks to this phenomenon.
I agree on all counts. I think what we have today -- the times we live in -- are some of the most interesting and most exciting in human history. To be there, to be here, to be part of that explosion of ideas and information, is truly incredible. And I agree as well on the values of, and the benefits to be derived from, our "virtual" communication. It's like we all get to be chronically, continually part of each others' lives. At least our intellectual lives. And that's just plain awesome.
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