serene: pixel-stained technopeasant wretch (pixel-stained)
serene ([personal profile] serene) wrote2007-04-15 09:30 am

Mark the date

If you're like me, it goes like this:

First you go here, to papersky's post.

Then you read the post she links to in [livejournal.com profile] sfwa.

Then you decide having an LJ or two makes you by definition a pixel-stained technopeasant.

Then you glory in it on April 23rd.

Who's in?

(Truthfully, I sympathize with those who feel the internet is Ruining It All, and I have always loved the Lead Pencil Club, especially the line in their manifesto that says "If our computers develop a virus, we will not seek a cure." But I love those things hypocritically, because being online has been huge in my life, and has helped me create the life and the art that I love.)

[identity profile] serenejournal.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It's how he phrases it in the second link above.

[identity profile] kwamee.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I get for skimming!

I'm Sorry, but, his main point isn't made for paragraphs!
It reads like a resume, and not a clear one.

*sigh*

[identity profile] bastette-joyce.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I skipped all the resume stuff. I don't care how many degrees the guy has or all the different kinds of work he does, or who he lives with!

The actual rant begins with this sentence: I think the ongoing and increasing sublimation of the private space of consciousness into public netspace is profoundly pernicious.

His views on intellectual property are a bit too right-wing for my taste.