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Monthly Archives December 2010

Jaron Lanier – You Are Not a Gadget

Reading the above – brilliant so far but this passage especially struck a chord. The deep meaning of personhood is being reduced by illusions of bits. Since people will be inexorably connecting to one another through computers from here on out, we must find an alternative. . . . Next to the many problems the […]

Posted 22 December 2010 † Nomad93 § mental § NowReading ‡ Comments (1) °

Riding Towards Everywhere

One night not long ago, in a certain desert valley that I love, a farewell gathering for friends had ended, and we were all feeling sad. Since I had been sitting in company for hours, I decided to return to the ranch alone and on foot. It was an easy walk of three or four […]

Posted 09 December 2010 † Nomad93 § mental § NowReading § verbal ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Now Reading

Reading now: J. K. Gibson-Graham A Postcapitalist Politics (2006) Paul Auster Sunset Park (2010) Gene Wolfe Pirate Freedom (2010) Just (sort of) watched: Triangle(2009) Enter the Void(2009) Avetik(1992)

Posted 07 December 2010 † Nomad93 § mental § NowReading § verbal ‡ Comments (0) °