Techno-worship is a triumphalist and intolerant cult?

taglines · 02-05-2010, 09:09 PM

Techno-worship is a triumphalist and intolerant cult?
Any journalist who cheerleads uncritically for Twitter is essentially asking for his own destruction, says NewYorker.com, noting: That's what George Packer writes in a follow-up to his earlier "Stop the World" post. GP also says:

* "The response to my post tells me that techno-worship is a triumphalist and intolerant cult that doesn't like to be asked questions."

* "The Internet and the devices it's spawned are systematically changing our intellectual activities with breathtaking speed, and more profoundly than over the past seven centuries combined. It shouldn't be an act of heresy to ask about the trade-offs that come with this revolution."

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"techno-worship is a triumphalist and intolerant cult that doesn’t like to be asked questions:" http://is.gd/7KO9v Ya got us, George Packer!

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...biltonite.html

GP's first NYer story:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...the-world.html

Bremen Cole · 02-05-2010, 10:56 PM

I want to get worked up about this... but I just can't!!!!

kjk · 02-05-2010, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bremen Cole

I want to get worked up about this... but I just can't!!!!

Me too, I think I'll twitter my response.

jgaiser · 02-05-2010, 11:20 PM

Yet another Luddite.. Who cares..?

guyanonymous · 02-05-2010, 11:33 PM

http://mobblog.cs.ucl.ac.uk/2009/03/...at-predicting/

MrBlueSky · 02-06-2010, 06:25 AM

That guy is blogging about Twitter, oh the irony!

Pot, kettle, black?

Lynn2010 · 02-06-2010, 08:24 AM

Actually, you would tweet about this on Twitter.

taglines · 02-06-2010, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guyanonymous

http://mobblog.cs.ucl.ac.uk/2009/03/...at-predicting/

guyanon, thanks for this these links. Good followup yes.

Penforhire · 02-06-2010, 11:45 AM

Yep, I'm pining for the old days. When the only written information was hand scribed by fat monks and only royalty could read.

Less humorously, our signal to noise ratio is getting worse every year. I think Cory Doctorow and others nailed the long term solution. We're going to eventually need a persistent online-source reputation system so we can tune out the noise, if we so desire.

I can see one other possibility but 'reputation' could be implemented sooner -- personal "agents," a limited form of AI, who we allow to filter our content.

02-05-2010, 09:09 PM	#1
taglines Banned Posts: 96 Karma: 334 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: nook	Techno-worship is a triumphalist and intolerant cult? Techno-worship is a triumphalist and intolerant cult? Any journalist who cheerleads uncritically for Twitter is essentially asking for his own destruction, says NewYorker.com, noting: That's what George Packer writes in a follow-up to his earlier "Stop the World" post. GP also says: * "The response to my post tells me that techno-worship is a triumphalist and intolerant cult that doesn't like to be asked questions." * "The Internet and the devices it's spawned are systematically changing our intellectual activities with breathtaking speed, and more profoundly than over the past seven centuries combined. It shouldn't be an act of heresy to ask about the trade-offs that come with this revolution." re "techno-worship is a triumphalist and intolerant cult that doesn’t like to be asked questions:" http://is.gd/7KO9v Ya got us, George Packer! http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...biltonite.html GP's first NYer story: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...the-world.html Last edited by taglines; 02-05-2010 at 09:12 PM.

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02-05-2010, 10:56 PM	#2
Bremen Cole Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 2718 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Device: iPad	I want to get worked up about this... but I just can't!!!!

02-05-2010, 11:20 PM	#4
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,283 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	Yet another Luddite.. Who cares..?

02-05-2010, 11:33 PM	#5
guyanonymous Guru Posts: 692 Karma: 27532 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Ebookwise 1150 / 1200	http://mobblog.cs.ucl.ac.uk/2009/03/...at-predicting/

02-06-2010, 06:25 AM	#6
MrBlueSky Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 400693 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony 600	That guy is blogging about Twitter, oh the irony! Pot, kettle, black?

02-06-2010, 08:24 AM	#7
Lynn2010 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: none	Actually, you would tweet about this on Twitter.

02-06-2010, 11:45 AM	#9
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	Yep, I'm pining for the old days. When the only written information was hand scribed by fat monks and only royalty could read. Less humorously, our signal to noise ratio is getting worse every year. I think Cory Doctorow and others nailed the long term solution. We're going to eventually need a persistent online-source reputation system so we can tune out the noise, if we so desire. I can see one other possibility but 'reputation' could be implemented sooner -- personal "agents," a limited form of AI, who we allow to filter our content.