Comments on: The Myth of the Digital Sublime http://subjectobject.net/2008/05/08/the-myth-of-the-digital-sublime/ Home of Steven Chabot and his writings on knowledge, books, computers, and libraries. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:14:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: CW http://subjectobject.net/2008/05/08/the-myth-of-the-digital-sublime/comment-page-1/#comment-84620 CW Fri, 09 May 2008 06:17:17 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/?p=171#comment-84620 <p>Sounds like a very interesting book - will borrow it from work.</p> <p>(With this comment, officially delurking - thanks for an interesting blog!)</p> Sounds like a very interesting book - will borrow it from work.

(With this comment, officially delurking - thanks for an interesting blog!)

]]> By: Laura http://subjectobject.net/2008/05/08/the-myth-of-the-digital-sublime/comment-page-1/#comment-84605 Laura Thu, 08 May 2008 22:03:20 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/?p=171#comment-84605 <p>I think the television ones are my favorites. Meet the new social order, same as the old social order!</p> I think the television ones are my favorites. Meet the new social order, same as the old social order!

]]> By: walt crawford http://subjectobject.net/2008/05/08/the-myth-of-the-digital-sublime/comment-page-1/#comment-84586 walt crawford Thu, 08 May 2008 15:30:27 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/?p=171#comment-84586 <p>An interesting post, and a book I should read--but you do know the universal answer to such commentaries, don't you? Not phrased this way, to be sure, but the answer frequently boils down to one of two things:</p> <ol> <li><p>"This time for sure."</p></li> <li><p>"But this one's really, really different. Really."</p></li> </ol> <p>That's helped by the way the press and public handle Gurus such as the three you cited (I could add a few others). They are always right, no matter what their track record might be.</p> An interesting post, and a book I should read–but you do know the universal answer to such commentaries, don’t you? Not phrased this way, to be sure, but the answer frequently boils down to one of two things:

  1. “This time for sure.”

  2. “But this one’s really, really different. Really.”

That’s helped by the way the press and public handle Gurus such as the three you cited (I could add a few others). They are always right, no matter what their track record might be.

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