Storage as Predator. A Luddite perspective
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The article presents us with a fecund metaphor that no doubt will be used again and again. It's cute when a cultural dynamic can be squashed into the confines of a biological construct. Communication theorists all over must be scrambling to prop up the discipline on something that sounds like _S_cience. The editors of The Journal of Popular Culture might dig this article, though--it has a catchy title and offers a new spin on the 80s penchant for all things semiotic--the "semiosphere!" Woo hoo! We're not just soaking in it, we're BREATHING it! Throw in a little sex and the word, "deconstruction" and hey presto! It's a conference!
There is, however, a distinct absence of the "Off" button--one of the more effective "predators" of information effluvia, not to mention the fact that computers and storage devices still malfunction. People seem to forget about these two "glitches." I think they should be cause for a national holiday.
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The article presents us with a fecund metaphor that no doubt will be used again and again. It's cute when a cultural dynamic can be squashed into the confines of a biological construct. Communication theorists all over must be scrambling to prop up the discipline on something that sounds like _S_cience. The editors of The Journal of Popular Culture might dig this article, though--it has a catchy title and offers a new spin on the 80s penchant for all things semiotic--the "semiosphere!" Woo hoo! We're not just soaking in it, we're BREATHING it! Throw in a little sex and the word, "deconstruction" and hey presto! It's a conference!
There is, however, a distinct absence of the "Off" button--one of the more effective "predators" of information effluvia, not to mention the fact that computers and storage devices still malfunction. People seem to forget about these two "glitches." I think they should be cause for a national holiday.