The World is My Medium analogous to expression “The World is My Oyster” Whereas “the world is my oyster” acknowledges the world as a set of conditions which creates a result, “the world is my medium” conceptualizes the world as a canvass upon which the self expresses itself. From this point of view, one way… Continue reading Self-Expression vs. Consumerism
Tag: Human Brain Conditioner
Mob Rules (Blog of the Grotesque)
One of my favorite reading assignments in high school was a short book of extremely short chapters written by Sherwood Anderson, named “Winesburg, Ohio”. The first chapter, as I recall, was about an old man who scribbled down notes about the people in his hometown and then he crumpled up the scraps of paper he… Continue reading Mob Rules (Blog of the Grotesque)
Technology (and Audience) Capture
Over the past few decades, the history of information technology has become littered with many examples of what I would like to refer to as “technology capture“. I think of this as essentially analogous to “audience capture”. Yet I feel as though in the technology industry there are a few caveats we should be particularly… Continue reading Technology (and Audience) Capture
Popular Populism + Popularity Platforms
This week I will offer a little change of pace (and not merely because of a perceived lack of Ps). The other day (actually evening), I attended a “popular music” concert. How do I know it was “popular” music? By paying attention to the extremely quasi-woke Boomer radio station I regularly listen to (which is… Continue reading Popular Populism + Popularity Platforms
Mainstream Ignorance
There is something I want to write about related to this topic, but it’s a different topic that hasn’t completely crystalized into a coherent concept yet (at least not in my brain). So I will write about something similar — simply because it is more accessible (to my brain) right now. The other day I… Continue reading Mainstream Ignorance
Imma Throw the Book at You
I love this contraction! Book people prolly aren’t familiar with many of the popular time-saving contractions in use online, and this one is really oustanding. It’s actually a sort of double-(or triple?)-contraction: both “I’m” and “gonna” are contractions, and then the “-m-” is also a contraction of a bunch of apparently superfluous sounds and the… Continue reading Imma Throw the Book at You
Consumer Behavior and Belief
We consume a lot of things — including, I guess, things we aren’t even aware that we’re consuming … like ideas. I think a lot of our behavior follows patterns that are “animalistic” in nature. Like Mick Jagger (with the Rolling Stones) sang: we salivate like a pavlov dog. Apparently, our systems are based on… Continue reading Consumer Behavior and Belief
Submission to Popular Publicity (and the “Mainstream” Sinkhole)
This week, an account that apparently reflects J.K. Rowling quasi-published something. The company that actually did publish something apparently “belongs” to someone named Elon Musk — though I highly doubt that no-one on Earth “owns” him (or her or it or whatever). Here’s the last sentence of the so-called “tweet” or “X” or so-called “factual”… Continue reading Submission to Popular Publicity (and the “Mainstream” Sinkhole)
15 Minutes (of Fame or Failure)
One significant difference between humans and machines is that whereas machines need not cope with the “real” world (e.g. “bugs”), humans indeed do need to cope with whatever happens. I experienced this recently when a “bug” in one of my healthcare providers’ system (of machines) caused a failure in the information I received, leading to… Continue reading 15 Minutes (of Fame or Failure)
Every Point of View is Parochial
Nobody is “well informed“. If you believe to be well-informed and you are no longer a child, then it is now time for you to give up on that myth. Many people seem to think they are well-informed on account of paying attention to mainstream media (see also “Mainstream Milieus“). Of course the spinners of… Continue reading Every Point of View is Parochial
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