[Air-L] digital society instead of info soc?

[Charles Ess]

great questions, and i'll be eager to see responses - but can't resist
commenting on:


On 3/19/11 12:36 PM, "Petr Lupac" <petr.lupac at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or is it just using the new, theoretically disembedded term so
> they can defend themselves by broad scope of interpretation possibilities?

Both as a cynic (in the popular sense) and something of a philosopher - is
there such a thing as a theoretically disembedded term?
I'm not trying to be snide here - but just genuinely curious.

Thanks!
- charles ess
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