because nothing foundational has changed at all! people havent. the market nature of society hasnt. our being enmeshed in social markets hasnt. humdog got it right out of the gates because it was already that way. the only thing thats advanced is the totality of the enmeshment
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Replying to @moodprobiotic @browserdotsys
TOO REAL: "electronic communities encourage participation in fragmented, mostly silent, microgroups who are primarily engaged in dialogues of self-congratulation. in other words, most people lurk; and the ones who post, are pleased with themselves."
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"hysterical identification is a mental device that enables one person to take on the sufferings of a group of persons... in our society, many decisions about who a person is, are made through the device of hysterical identification"
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"many times in cyberspace, i felt it necessary to say that i was human. once, i was told that i existed primarily as a voice in somebody’s head... but that is the way that i am. i resist being boxed and inventoried" Interesting how this... doesn't exist for ppl my age/like me.
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I became online very gradually so I never experienced quite the shock that she did. There are some interesting remembrances / eulogies of her.
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