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[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> Steven Levy: Tech's Double-Edged Sword


Geert:

> What do nettimers think of the
> double-edged sword theory?

But there ISN'T a "double-edge" at all . . . technology *is* whatever it *is* as a FORMAL-CAUSE . . .

> The unwareness of this rich tradition of
> thought by Bill Joy and now Steven Levy
> I find stunning.

The "Medium is the Message" and it's STUNNING that otherwise sophisticated "intellectuals" choose to ignore this . . .

> Technology is sophisticated, so why
> shouldn't its discourse?

What *appear* to be the DOUBLE edges are merely FIGURES . . . dancing over a common GROUND!

Now, who will teach that HISTORY . . . ?

Best from NYC!

Mark

P.S. That means that email *is* surveillance . . . and it has always (from its original design specifications) been surveillance . . . therefore, so is this list -- surveillance without and "double edges" -- which is, of course, the way that many of us have always treated it . . . <g>