[Air-L] dystopian theme

[Barry Wellman]

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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