@pomeranian99 @MargaretAtwood It's not her birthday today -- was 2 months ago. But always worth celebrating her.
@pomeranian99 @MargaretAtwood "The Wereman" -- yeah, that's a good one. Lots of monsters in Atwood. Worth an essay in itself.
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@heerjeet Another intersection of@margaretatwood and tech I noticed last fall, in "The Circle Game":https://twitter.com/pomeranian99/status/512415860443856896 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@heerjeet BTW, as per Atwood's following on McLuhan/Innis' epiphanies about media, distance, and why Canadians needed to master media …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@heerjeet … the Canadian poet Lake Sagaris in the late 80s wrote a superb essay noting that Chile had a similar media culture.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@heerjeet She hypothesized it was because Chile has the same geographic shape as Canada's most heavily-populated zone: Long and thin.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@heerjeet In both cases, if the population doesn't rapidly master long-distance media, it doesn't have a national culture. -
@pomeranian99 Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Although I wonder if Canada's national culture wasn't always a little aspirational - Show replies
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@heerjeet The folks at one end of the thin strip have no idea what's going on with the folks at the other, without copious radio/tv/lit.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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