[Air-L] dystopian theme

[Charles Ess]

Again, thanks - and yes, please: write that book!
- c.


On 26.08.13 00:15, "Barry Wellman" <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> 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.
> 
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