michael caputo on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:11:04 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> "Google distorts reality" |
its actually comical how accurate science fiction has proven to be, i once remember reading somewhere that there is more truth to be revealed in fiction then that of non-fiction...maybe science fiction is this bridge...is google the equivalent to George Orwell's "ministry of truth"? On Dec 27, 2007 2:21 PM, chad scov1lle <chad@chadscoville.com> wrote: > I am really enjoying this dialogue on Google! > > My friend the artist Michael Caputo and I were discussing this motif of > Man and his Tools, under the context of Hal 9000 and Arthur C. Clarke's > interpretation of how 2001 in a critical commentary man's collective history > with tools, and a possible future whereas these tools become an appendage, > an extension of environmental intelligence, something that increases man's > intuitive interpretation of a world whereas his primitive senses are able to > only detect a minute semblace of the wide swath of reality. I think the > vector we are headed on is machines as appendage. The narrative has already > been fed to us from likes of Clarke, as well as Asimov. Reverse mimesis. <...> # 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: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org