Internet

Hey Charlie,

That Video is insane i guess it is stupid to think of the internet as anything other than a part of who we are? it hasn't been imposed upon us, it has come out of us?
Is it alive? Are we nothing but mechanics in this machine (Neurons) What if we gave it a body? Does it need one?


I remembered the opening question in the myth of sisyphus by Albert Camus

"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest – whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories – comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer [the questions of suicide].”

Is all that is required for us to accept all of the possibilities this creates; is for there to be a space for us to totally disconnect from time to time?


back to the Womb or Shelter to switch off? I think of this and realise how empowering the virtual world is and why so many people have embraced it so quickly? I agree with the sentiment of your original post: it is the future?
lee

Techno-Culture

Hey Charlie,

Your video raises some interesting points and yes agree we should meet as a group to see where we could take it next...

For me it highlights the fact, as you say travelling without moving... we've never been so mobile but makes us become static, how we can tresspass on somebody's territory, virtually; the example comes to mind, is how teenagers now have mobile phones. When i was young if someone wanted me, they would physically have to cross the boundary at the edge of the street, open a gate perhaps and walk a path to knock the door, 9 times out of 10 answered by my parents....

This cultural aspect of our built environment is changing? as a direct result of mobile communication technologies?

I guess the question is how and how fast? How are we changing to keep up? can we?

anyway i have some films we could watch as a group?