tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454365152806528236.post8515492205036536948..comments2023-03-22T19:14:05.988-04:00Comments on notes for the coming community: If this is a PersonDavid Kishikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09287802372745246084noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454365152806528236.post-78060086645182510972011-01-06T22:29:37.509-05:002011-01-06T22:29:37.509-05:00From DeLillo's /White Noise/ (1985):
"...From DeLillo's /White Noise/ (1985):<br /><br /> <br /><br />"In the morning I walked to the bank. I went to the automated teller machine to check my balance. I inserted my card, entered my secret code, tapped out my request. The figure on the screen roughly corresponded to my independent estimate, feebly arrived at after long searches through documents, tormented arithmetic. Waves of relief and gratitude flowed over me. The system had blessed my life. I felt its support and approval. The system hardware, the mainframe sitting in a locked room in some distant city. What a pleasing interaction. I sensed that something of deep personal value, but not money, not that at all, had been authenticated and confirmed. A deranged person was escorted from the bank by two armed guards. The system was invisible, which made it all the more impressive, all the more disquieting to deal with. But we were in accord, at least for now. The networks, the circuits, the streams, the harmonies."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454365152806528236.post-81914562514557859662010-12-28T03:52:12.032-05:002010-12-28T03:52:12.032-05:00Not every person surrenders to the machine. the m...Not every person surrenders to the machine. the machine, which allows for no surprises, ultimately bows to the human. The human is unique. and from him "the unexpected can be expected" (arendt). The more we remove ourselves from others, the more we find security in the machine, he is saying. Hmm... <br />what a complex species. Yet life goes on.Charles Mugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00986342470169629484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454365152806528236.post-54563607347975157102010-12-22T20:33:36.758-05:002010-12-22T20:33:36.758-05:00i think this is a very shallow, cultural analysis ...i think this is a very shallow, cultural analysis of the present. while it is not untrue it is so distant from the actual pressures on people that it points us to something abstract and fancy rather than real, living, and useful.dbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454365152806528236.post-79123212567767033852010-11-17T16:06:32.759-05:002010-11-17T16:06:32.759-05:00I was looking for an Agamben book and run into you...I was looking for an Agamben book and run into your blog. This piece,acurately and painfully, portrays our modern condition._vera_https://www.blogger.com/profile/01178599536084469817noreply@blogger.com