ICYMI, @dickc's speech on Twitter as the new Agora was brilliant, and fits neatly into my "ancient social media" book http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/video/newest/1975704207001/ …
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@dickc One more tweet and I'll shut up. Here's an excerpt, on the distractions of social media in 1673:http://tomstandage.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/the-distractions-of-social-media-1673-style/ … -
@tomstandage@dickc Does this tie in with Vonnegut's thesis (from awhile ago) that mass media suppressed amateur hobbies? -
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@tomstandage@dickc More like mass media provided a standard and an exhaustiveness that no living room artist could meet, so stopped. -
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@tomstandage the joy of being an expert amateur, rather than looking to mass-produced content and goods as a consumer. -
@GlennF See what you mean!
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