this list desperately needs moderation
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:31 AM Subject: RE: Re[2]: [313] submerge.panel > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 06 June 2002 15:18 > > > > LKS> how would you measure this? > > > > BBP> Average life expectancy, infant mortality rates, literacy, et cetera. > > > > > > uhm...so do you believe the most country that is the most > > technologically advanced, the US, is sitting on top of these > > statistics because it's not > > Ah, but is the US the most technologically advanced country in the world > anyway? It probably isn't you know. It's a very diverse place and as you > say, inner city areas as well as remote rural backwaters aren't very > technologically advanced places. Countries like Finland, Norway or Japan are > arguably more technologically advanced all in all. But there aren't many > metrics for measuring the technological advancement of a particular nation, > in the same way as we use literacy, mortality rates, etc, to measure overall > standard of living. > > But ultimately I don't think it impacts on techno music all in all. What > stance should UR or Submerge take on this issue? Should the process of > globalisation be stopped, so that records can't be exported to the rest of > the world? Does techno music pose the dangerous risk of homogenising > European culture? To me, techno is one of the *good* things about > globalisation; on one hand, you get Starbucks, McDonalds, and other sterile > forces spreading throughout the globe. But on the other hand, you get new > cultural phenomena, like techno, which are not geographically specific, and > allow people of diverse backgrounds and ideologies relate to one another and > feel part of the greater whole. > > Brendan > > > Legal Disclaimer > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for > the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender > immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete > this e-mail from your system. > mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or > incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept > liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message that > arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required > please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for > informational purposes only. > our website at: http://www.widelearning.com > > Wide Learning is a trading name of Wide Multimedia Ltd Registered office: > 33-41 Dallington Street, London EC1V 0BB > Company number: 3339664 VAT number: 690 8399 83 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
