{"id":4457,"date":"2011-02-03T22:02:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/02\/03\/we-remain-unaware-of-the-biases-of-the-programs-in\/"},"modified":"2011-02-03T22:02:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T22:02:02","slug":"we-remain-unaware-of-the-biases-of-the-programs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/02\/03\/we-remain-unaware-of-the-biases-of-the-programs-in\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

We remain unaware of the biases of the programs in which we are participating, as well as the ways they circumscribe our newfound authorship within their predetermined agendas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We have remained one dimensional leap behind the technology on offer. Before text, only the Pharaoh could hear the words of the gods. After text, the people could gather in the town square and hear the word of God read to them by a rabbi. But only the rabbi could read the scroll. The people remained one stage behind their elite. After the printing press a great many people learned to read, but only an elite with access to the presses had the ability to write. People didn\u2019t become authors; they became the gaming equivalent of the \u201ccheaters\u201d who could now read the Bible for themselves and choose which laws to follow. Finally, we have the tools to program. Yet we are content to seize only the capability of the last great media renaissance, that of writing. We feel proud to build a web page or finish our profile on a social networking site, as if this means we are now full-fledged participants in the cyber era.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rushkoff, Douglas<\/strong>. Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age<\/em>. New York: OR Books, 2010.<\/p>\n

via carvalhais<\/a><\/p>\n

(via purestform<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We remain unaware of the biases of the programs in which we are participating, as well as the ways they circumscribe our newfound authorship within their predetermined agendas. We have remained one dimensional leap behind the technology on offer. Before text, only the Pharaoh could hear the words of the gods. After text, the people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4457","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-19T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1246,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/24\/diagram-illustrating-world-view-of-the-maldivian\/","url_meta":{"origin":4457,"position":0},"title":"Diagram illustrating world-view of the\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"July 24, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Diagram illustrating world-view of the maldivian elite from Dr Elizabeth Colton\u2019s 1995 thesis:\u00a0\u2018The Elite of the Maldives: Sociopolitical organisation and change.\u2019 (via Dhivehi Observer)","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\/07\/tumblr_mqgj5glWsc1qzsz45o1_1280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2840,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/03\/18\/hotmail-hotmailhotmailcom-submitted\/","url_meta":{"origin":4457,"position":1},"title":"Hotmail (hotmail@hotmail.com) submitted: disagreement","author":"monochromist","date":"March 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Hotmail (hotmail@hotmail.com) submitted: sequence-non this is in response to your open letter to endhimariyambu.\u00a0 http:\/\/sequence-non.tumblr.com\/post\/19512728921\/an-open-letter-to-endhimariyambu (i am not endhimariyambu) i agree with some of the things which you have said, but here are some of the things i don\u2019t agree with: \u201cmdp came to power after elections. they had conducted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3527,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/21\/manifesto-on-art-fluxus-art-amusement-by-george\/","url_meta":{"origin":4457,"position":2},"title":"Manifesto on Art \/ Fluxus Art Amusement by George Maciunas, 1965.","author":"monochromist","date":"March 21, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"Manifesto on Art \/ Fluxus Art Amusement by George Maciunas, 1965.processprocessprocess: ART To justify artist\u2019s professional, parasitic and elite status in society,he must demonstrate artist\u2019s indispensability and exclusiveness,he must demonstrate the dependability of audience upon him,he must demonstrate that no one but the artist can do art. 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