Comments on: The Sony Walkman story http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1988 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1988/comment-page-1#comment-130140 Reader's Write Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:31:07 +0000 #comment-130140 It looks as though you spend too much time watching T.V. Get out and smell the fresh air. Shake hands with real people. Talk to real people instead of spending time on chat lines. See, tv is two dimensional, people are three dimensional, tv 2 d, people 3d. As that guy says in the article, you might feel like you're connected, but you ain't. Why you 'think' you're connected (and not being mediated, pushed and pulled and formed by media) is the real issue. Why you think you are actually connected, when in fact, your way of thinking has been formed by media is the real issue. If you're not connected to who you really are, how can you be connected to others? The short-circuit is in your brain. You're a statistic. You've been duped. It looks as though you spend too much time watching T.V. Get out and smell the fresh air.

Shake hands with real people. Talk to real people instead of spending time on chat lines. See, tv is two dimensional, people are three dimensional, tv 2 d, people 3d.

As that guy says in the article, you might feel like you’re connected, but you ain’t.

Why you ‘think’ you’re connected (and not being mediated, pushed and pulled and formed by media) is the real issue.

Why you think you are actually connected, when in fact, your way of thinking has been formed by media is the real issue.

If you’re not connected to who you really are, how can you be connected to others? The short-circuit is in your brain.

You’re a statistic. You’ve been duped.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1988/comment-page-1#comment-3723 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:51:59 +0000 #comment-3723 Your uninformed comments reminded me of a Jerry Lewis film in which a senior citizen (woman) sat in front of the T.V. In front of her were a series of items: brand name cookies, brand name furniture polish, brand name milk. Every time the commercials told her to consume these cookies or milk, she would eat and drink accordingly. When the furniture polish ad came on t.v. she would clean her furniture (for 30 seconds). Obviously she lived, spatially, in her own world. According to you, however, that's being connected to the world. Your uninformed comments reminded me of a Jerry Lewis film in which a senior citizen (woman) sat in front of the T.V. In front of her were a series of items: brand name cookies, brand name furniture polish, brand name milk.

Every time the commercials told her to consume these cookies or milk, she would eat and drink accordingly. When the furniture polish ad came on t.v. she would clean her furniture (for 30 seconds).

Obviously she lived, spatially, in her own world. According to you, however, that’s being connected to the world.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1988/comment-page-1#comment-3722 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:36:46 +0000 #comment-3722 Excellent article; excellent comments. Without a doubt lots of stuff to make you think about. Congratulations, Mr. Quill and Guests. Fantastic article. Excellent article; excellent comments. Without a doubt lots of stuff to make you think about. Congratulations, Mr. Quill and Guests. Fantastic article.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1988/comment-page-1#comment-3720 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:32:28 +0000 #comment-3720 You obviously lack the patience or the intellect to appreciate this article. The term 'virtual' was stessed in Quill's take. When you're alone in your house, you're alone. Get it? You just think you're connected because media is creating and recreating virtual connections so you can feel as though you're a part of a tribe. Obviously, your knowledge of McLuhan is at the 101 level. You obviously lack the patience or the intellect to appreciate this article. The term ‘virtual’ was stessed in Quill’s take. When you’re alone in your house, you’re alone. Get it? You just think you’re connected because media is creating and recreating virtual connections so you can feel as though you’re a part of a tribe. Obviously, your knowledge of McLuhan is at the 101 level.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1988/comment-page-1#comment-3648 Reader's Write Mon, 26 Jul 2004 02:37:38 +0000 #comment-3648 God I hate "cultural studies" hacks. How do they get away with publishing crap that has no connection to reality? "Marshall McLuhan observed 50 years ago that the more technology humans use, the more isolated they become." What!?! Didn't McLuhan coin the phrase "global village"? The TV and internet have made us a global tribe existing together at the same time. You might watch TV alone, but you aren't "isolated"--you're connected to the other 6 billion people in the world. Same with the walkman. As for the rest of this gibberish, who cares? God I hate “cultural studies” hacks. How do they get away with publishing crap that has no connection to reality?

“Marshall McLuhan observed 50 years ago that the more technology humans use, the more isolated they become.”

What!?! Didn’t McLuhan coin the phrase “global village”? The TV and internet have made us a global tribe existing together at the same time. You might watch TV alone, but you aren’t “isolated”–you’re connected to the other 6 billion people in the world. Same with the walkman.

As for the rest of this gibberish, who cares?

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