Separation Anxiety
We stand at a pivotal moment in the human story. For 20,000 generations, our species lived in nature, taking our cues from the sky, the wind, the sea, the animals. We only entered into an electronic environment a generation or two ago. Now we’re getting our cues from glowing screens. We watch nature shows instead of going venturing into the forest. We laugh at recorded jokes instead of joking around together and drool over internet porn instead of having actual sex. Slowly, we move toward a goal that Swiss author Max Frisch once described as “arranging the world so that we do not experience it.”
Source: Design Anarchy, Kalle Lasn, 2006
September 19th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
Mike,
‘Iterability’,
give me a definition, it will deeply influence your work.
Simon
October 13th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
Greetings,
I really like this entry. I began reading a book called today A Language Older Than Words.
It is along those lines of communication with the earth…
I’m glad I stumbled apon you in my isolation…
Mike
October 17th, 2006 at 8:28 am
Mike - I hope you read this. For years I followed aphorisms, short epiphanies or accounts of getting to a more ‘authentic self’. The truth about life is that all you end up doing is getting more and more used to the results of choices that you make and you try to do things to surprise yourself inside that. The rest of it is just someone trying to sell a read… be in touch young man, let me know how you are.