Tag: Information
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Apple 9 this Weds | The Price We Pay for Technology is Alienation
Apple – the series of talks trying to think more deeply about technology – is back this Weds with the 9th event (7:30pm, The Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road). The title is ‘Digital Obesity’ and will be a panel discussion with Simon Jenkins of ShipOfFools, Gavin O’Carrol from the Digital Health Service and Vaux’s own…
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The Problem with Digital Culture [2] : Information Obesity
I posted some thoughts on Friday about the problem of information coming too quickly for us to reflectively process it – and turn information into useful knowledge and wisdom. The analogy I used there was of a conveyor belt. When it runs slowly the packets come off at a speed that allows us to sort…
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The Problem with Digital Culture [1]: Too Much, Too Fast
I’ve been reading The Shallows – How the Internet is Changing How We Think, Read and Remember and led a discussion about the effects of digital culture on our brains for our 6th Form yesterday. It was actually a very interest debate, which took in the printing press, Shakespeare, violence, gaming and, most importantly, speed…
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“Skips Won’t Be Able to Skip No More” | Systems Have No Use for Souls | Web-shock
Just finished Pynchon’s new novel, Inherent Vice. I’d highly recommend it – one of his more approachable books, though retaining the bawdiness, comedy and inevitable excursions into song that have become part of his trademark style. One subtly done, yet highly effective strand of the narrative is that of Fritz, who is hooked into ARPAnet,…