View source for McKenzie Wark on Moving from the Book to the Screen


Podcast via http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/digital-tribes3a-mckenzie-wark/4144046


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"With more and more people consuming their news online, communicating, learning and even spending our leisure time online, it’s clear we are in the midst of some profound social changes.   

But in what ways the online world is transforming how we think of ourselves and each other is still to be determined.

Many argue that the screen and its speed is making us less empathetic, less curious, and less able to think through complex ideas—and yet there is also evidence that our IQs are going up as technologies increase the amount of information and stimulation we receive.

So, is the digital revolution leading to a cultural focus on reaction rather than rumination, on answers not questions?

And is the death of the generalist newspaper a by-product of that change?

We continue our series on the unintended social consequences of the shift towards a visual interactive media—the transformation from people of the book to people of the screen."


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