[Air-L] dystopian theme
Barry Wellman
wellman at chass.utoronto.ca
Sun Aug 25 15:15:12 PDT 2013
Charles,
I also think the bartender's remark reflects the continuing dystopian meme
that new tech is going to kill off old true community. Sherry Turkle's
Alone Together is a recent example, as is the obssessive nature of NYT
op-eds and magazine pieces (as distinct from their good news reporting).
Leo Marx's The Machine in the Garden first got me thinking about this, and
I put a bunch of early internet examples into "Net Surfers Dont Ride
Alone" and "Physical Space and Cyber Place"
Marx traces back to Tommy Jefferson. One day, I'll do a book on this.
Barry Wellman
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