Comments on: Concurrence: What’s Wronger with the Internet http://dissense.com/2010/04/417/ Only the most inreasonable ideas... Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Bill Goodwin http://dissense.com/2010/04/417/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Bill Goodwin Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:11:15 +0000 http://dissense.com/?p=417#comment-40 I appreciate Mr. York's thoughtful remarks, and will address them in a later comment in greater detail. One point that cannot wait, however: I dispute this claim. "Never before has a mode of communication pervaded every waking moment." I would argue that never before has a mode of <i>consumption</i> proven so pervasive. And that it is consumption, as opposed to communication, is significant to my thesis and the dangers posed by the medium. I appreciate Mr. York’s thoughtful remarks, and will address them in a later comment in greater detail. One point that cannot wait, however: I dispute this claim.

“Never before has a mode of communication pervaded every waking moment.”

I would argue that never before has a mode of consumption proven so pervasive. And that it is consumption, as opposed to communication, is significant to my thesis and the dangers posed by the medium.

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