tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post8179770928344666023..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: A Little Something for Us ChrononautsLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-92076111252706078762010-09-26T14:49:08.990-04:002010-09-26T14:49:08.990-04:00It's also a very iffy period - where things co...It's also a very iffy period - where things could go either way. There's enormous potential for conflict and creativity. Also, I think that the Tech Revolution, which is info-based may not jeopardize historical knowledge, but it may radically change it. Anyone may read a nineteenth century newspaper for free online, which normally required access to a research library or archive in the past. So in that sense, historical documents are being preserved. BUT at the same time, the context in which we are reading them - online - is completely divorced from the historical conditions under which those documents were conceived, created and apprehended. My sense is that this makes people engage with the past in a way that is futuristic. They're surrounded by information from the past, but they have no historical sense. It's a dangerous combination, like magically burning fire in a vacuum.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-41147623226301005232010-09-25T20:59:09.945-04:002010-09-25T20:59:09.945-04:00Yes, that's so.
It's a pretty obvious thi...Yes, that's so.<br /><br />It's a pretty obvious thing, but I was just thinking today that like the industrial revolution that changed the world in nearly every way, the electronic/digital age that we are enjoying will be one of those big cultural shifts as the millennium progresses — imparting changes that we only have a sneak preview of. At some point society will be completely plugged in, in ways that only the science fiction writers have dreamed of.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-59507197501025493912010-09-25T17:35:00.446-04:002010-09-25T17:35:00.446-04:00Thanks very much for your generous comment Thomas ...Thanks very much for your generous comment Thomas - I enjoy your blog, The Pictorial Arts immensely. As for the turn of the Millennium, I think we'd all be amiss if we lived through it and 'missed the point.' It's a huge moment, even if only because we are bent on investing it with importance. We are fortunate to be alive to see this. All the same, there's a fair amount of simmering angst associated with this transition from one millennium to another, and I'm quite sure in the future historians will document what we take as our everyday reality as having been a big cultural shift.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-70971407533506318742010-09-25T14:47:22.206-04:002010-09-25T14:47:22.206-04:00In my current state of mind and being, you are one...In my current state of mind and being, you are one of my very top favorite sites to visit. Your reports and your sources stay with me as I contemplate the meaning of it all.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.com