One of the reasons I started this blog was to understand how the web can define the self, in case you forgot. I think I have forgotten that over time, which is not necessarily a bad thing as the purpose of the blog is still there, I suppose, but by forgetting that it is about how one's person is formed by such a text becomes even more salient.
I think he over-estimates the power of the "in-person" experience--I formed no relationships while buying books in bookstores. I've only watched the first 2 minutes and now must go teach. And I guess Self would say my very abbreviated, interrupted, incomplete communication illustrates what's wrong with online interaction.
ReplyDeleteYeah--Self does live in England, of course. I don't think we Americans have any sort of relationships any more with merchants or even, say, medical doctors. Hmm.
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