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Forum Post Albert: Re: Re: Reply to Chris....

Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Michael Albert
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Chris,   Jeez, what happened to short, shorter, and shortest...we are stuck in long, longer, and longest.    I am not going to be able to reply point by point, much as it is my preference to do so, and keep up with everyon...

Forum Post Grubacic: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Andrej Grubacic
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mike, you are doing your famous straw man argument dance. john zerzan, all his defects aside, is quite sophisticated when he talks about problems of modern information technology. i suspect you know this.  his solutions are are off the wall, ...

Forum Post Albert: Re: time-and-space constraints

Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Michael Albert
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Hi,   > I also feel like the internet has decimated my attention span.   Funny, at the moment, it is decimating my schedules - he he....   > But I wonder about two things:   > - The technology is rela...

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Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Michael Albert
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Andrej, Zerzan says he looks around and see that workplaces pollute nearly infinitely and employ wage slaves - so we should get rid of workplaces. And then he says things even more absurd... using the same illogic. What he could sensibly say is,...

Forum Post Tamburini: time-and-space constraints

Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Matteo Tamburini
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I also feel like the internet has decimated my attention span. But I wonder about two things: - The technology is relatively cheap (so that even some poor people in this country have access to it) but compared to the billions on the planet, I thi...

Forum Post Albert: Re: Mixed reactions

Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Michael Albert
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Hi Marcelo,   > I believe I have mixed reactions to this post, and therefore not haven't been able to position my thoughts properly on this subject yet. However, some things I believe social networking is good for are being misse...

Forum Post Spannos: Re: Reply to Chris....

Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Chris Spannos
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Ø  Chris,   Ø  About my worries concerning the effects of Facebook on civilization - you think it is primitivist. Hmmmm...as you are sitting next to me - I suspect you know I am not of that ilk. So why ...

Forum Post Albert: Re: Frontal Lobes

Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Michael Albert
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Brian, Hi.     I don't know enough about fontal lobes - my guess is they are in the front and that's the end of my knowledge - to comment on observations about them.   I suspect you are quite right that TV, whateve...

Forum Post Albert: Re: Re: Facebook Vs Civilization

Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Michael Albert
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Justin,   Hi. I hope you are doing well!   Your report of your own experience is disturbing in ratifying the views of the blog. I would be rather be wrong about all this, than right.   What you say about work adding to...

Forum Post Grubacic: Re: Re: Re:

Forum Post, December, 02 2010 Andrej Grubacic
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Mike, you sound like John Zerzan. I just got myself a TV with a facebook application, i kid you not. It also has a twitter option. I will tweet you from my TV. The thought makes me feel chipper.

Forum Post Small: Frontal Lobes

Forum Post, December, 01 2010 Brian Small
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  I heard that multi-tasking is bad for the frontal lobes form someone that attends conferences about Learning and the Brain. Douglas Rushkoff was just on GritTV talking about Programming or Being Programmed. I only got halfway through the G...

Forum Post Ribeiro: Mixed reactions

Forum Post, December, 01 2010 Marcelo Ribeiro
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I believe I have mixed reactions to this post, and therefore not haven't been able to position my thoughts properly on this subject yet. However, some things I believe social networking is good for are being missed by you, Michael, and I will ...

Forum Post George: Re: Facebook Vs Civilization

Forum Post, December, 01 2010 Justin George
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Michael, I totally agree. Even while reading this blog, I jumped to another page and then back, not really consciously either, but reflexively. I have noticed my attention span, my ability to comprehend, to concentrate seriously deteriorating. I...

Forum Post Albert: Re: Re:

Forum Post, December, 01 2010 Michael Albert
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> It seems like of this is testable, but I haven't looked around very hard yet.  There is a book out recently claiming to have some serious testing - looking at brain scans of people using and not using the internet for a few weeks...

Forum Post Albert: Reply to Chris....

Forum Post, December, 01 2010 Michael Albert
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Chris,   About my worries concerning the effects of Facebook on civilization - you think it is primitivist. Hmmmm...as you are sitting next to me - I suspect you know I am not of that ilk. So why say it?   As to my saying what ...

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Forum Post, December, 01 2010 Elliott Lapinel
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It seems like of this is testable, but I haven't looked around very hard yet.  But my intuition tells me that T.V. does have the potential to hurt one's attention span, and it seems like the internet has even more potential to...

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Forum Post, December, 01 2010 Chris Spannos
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Ø  At the risk of pissing off a lot of friends, I have become steadily more concerned about Facebook to the point where I am beginning to feel that coupled with instant messaging and certain aspects of the world wide web, Faceb...

Forum Post Marmorek: I hear you, bro!

Forum Post, September, 06 2010 Peter Marmorek
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 As another '60s vet, in his 60s and still trying to change the world, I found your thoughts moving and relevant. There's a fine old Hindu saying, "When you're ready for the teacher, he'll be there." Our job is to keep getting the w...

Forum Post Albert: Re: Re: What's Wrong with Zspace?:An Attempt to Figure Out Why I am an Upper Level Sustainer of Zmag, But Have Been Spending My Time on Facebook

Forum Post, July, 17 2010 Michael Albert
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  I didn't see this thread until today, and have guests for the weekend. Apologies. I will try to reply to some posts below, and get to others, later...  > Sorry if the title is inflammatory.  Hopefully the title will s...

Forum Post M M: Re: Proposal: ZCom User Council

Forum Post, July, 17 2010 Jeremy M M
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I agree! Is there any progress on this idea, a year and a half later?

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