peer to peer established a new era and a new viewing experience.
everyone just downloaded entire seasons in 2 hours. everyone just
downloaded, like painters in the modern city, like baudelaire. so
technological determinism was where it was at all the time?

On Aug 20, 6:12 am, sirbl...@hotmail.com wrote:

Interesting, but say more. What did Baudelaire download?

Of course, McLuhan was right that people become appendages of
machines, but how does Limewire mark something very different from
that already marked TVs constitution of consciousness as flotsam?

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On 20 ago, 13:04, neo-anchorite wrote:

the comparison with baudelaire was excessive.

mcluhan was excessive when he thought difficulty would be needed in
works of art, equating with the avant garde. however, there's the
technological platform to be taken into account from a kantian
misprision that's never been inclined to being in love with mass art.

Slow down.

First make the issue clear. Right about what? In relation to which
prior argument? And why does this matter?

Sobriety, although not much fun, does aid communication.