Brett Shand on Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:10:00 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> Frank Rieger: We lost the War--Welcome to the World of Tomorrow |
On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 00:11:51 +0100, Rob van Kranenburg wrote: > I don't get it. It is a good analysis. Sings to the right tunes. > Yet how can a text that starts with "We lost the War" end with... > "fun". Fun has become an overrated concept all of a sudden. Oh, I don't about that. Humour is a very powerful tool. Remember Saul Alinsky and his "Rules for Radicals"? He managed to move some seemingly very immovable forces (e.g. Kodak and Mayor Richard Daley in Chicago) with great good humour. Laughter can move mountains when carefully used. Brett # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net