{"id":1153,"date":"2013-07-26T02:43:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T02:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/07\/26\/technology-the-way-information-operatesthe\/"},"modified":"2013-07-26T02:43:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T02:43:54","slug":"technology-the-way-information-operatesthe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/26\/technology-the-way-information-operatesthe\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology, the way information operates,the \u2018music\u2019 of billions of bits of information interfacing with each other, the particular mechanics of the electronicized universe that we occupy – all of this forces us to hear differently, see differently, forces us obviously to feel differently. We can\u2019t really think safely at all, in linear terms. We can\u2019t posit any kind of inwardness which isn\u2019t corruptible, which isn\u2019t infected by some aspect of the dominant culture. In other words, we can\u2019t assume there is any kind of inwardness which is unmediated by cultural production. This means that the idea of fantasy, so dear to modernism – the idea of the unique, secret, inner self – has to a large degree been problematized.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Harold Jaffe interviewed by Larry mcCaffery\u00a0 Some Other Frequency<\/em> 1996 (via notational<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technology, the way information operates,the \u2018music\u2019 of billions of bits of information interfacing with each other, the particular mechanics of the electronicized universe that we occupy – all of this forces us to hear differently, see differently, forces us obviously to feel differently. We can\u2019t really think safely at all, in linear terms. We can\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-iB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1898,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/06\/14\/sagansense-the-mind-is-a-vehicle-it-takes-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":1153,"position":0},"title":"sagansense: the mind is a\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"June 14, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"sagansense: the mind is a vehicle. it takes you from one destination to another. it provides you with windows for you to see different perspectives. it allows you the possibility to travel at various speeds & frequencies. it protects you from exterior forces, yet is fragile enough to be damaged\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tumblr_modhy08MPz1r01w8mo1_1280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2428,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/05\/21\/individualism-pertains-to-societies-in-which-the\/","url_meta":{"origin":1153,"position":1},"title":"\u201cIndividualism pertains to societies in\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"May 21, 2012","format":"quote","excerpt":"\u201cIndividualism pertains to societies in which the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after him- or herself and his or her immediate family. 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