Hi Marsha, Agreed again. "I don't fit in anymore, and I don't care that I don't fit in."
Me too. This is the "irrational man" (or woman in your case) choosing to be different - if people want "fit" (ie quality) then the world needs to change, not you. It's the only way the world changes for the better. Ian On 8/8/08, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ian, > > I am disconnected from the network and cable television. These days I > rarely listen to C-SPAN on satellite radio. I only occasionally check a > couple of blogs. I WILL KILL IF YOU TOUCH MY iPod!!! In truth, I will only > care if the MOQ falls to the passe side of the intellectual divide. > > I don't fit in anymore, and I don't care that I don't fit in. > > It was a good piece. Platt was right on track to point to it. > > Marsha > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Glendinning" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 12:39 PM > > Subject: Re: [MD] Gun smoke in the shape of a fake letter and not > amushroomcloud > > > > Read that again Marsha, it really is good. > > > > I will be linking and blogging more on this. > > > > The great point for me is the "one-upmanship" angle, not just that > > even Gladwell is the wrong side of the divide, even the iPhone, even > > Kindle, even every a.n.other web-blog-wiki-aggregator .... > > > > My line has always been "twas ever thus" - fashion in what passes for > > intellect has always been just that - fashion - always. What has > > happened recently - since McLuhan pointed out that medium IS the > > message (long before Brooks does here) - is that the pace of media has > > risen to levels that human psyche has not kept pace with. We are ever > > more failing to see the difference between intellect and the > > appearance of intellect in the (electronically) changing fashions > > around us. > > > > The "game" switches so fast we human brains struggle to tell whether > > we are dealing with odd or even levels of irony at any given time. > > Rich stuff. What did Rorty say about Irony ? .... I may be some time. > > Ian > > > > On 8/8/08, Ian Glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Marsha (and Platt) didn't spot that ... > > > > > > Excellent piece. > > > > > > Let's however not allow the "mockery" of elitism to make it a taboo > > > subject for constructive debate - a meme too far. Just remember how > > > "unfounded" our intellect really is, whilst we use it. > > > > > > This stuff is right on topic IMHO. > > > Ian > > > > > > On 8/8/08, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Platt Holden" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 8:54 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [MD] Gun smoke in the shape of a fake letter and not a > > > > mushroomcloud > > > > > > > > > > > > > All those interested in cementing your elite status be sure to read > > > the > > > > > column by David Brooks in today's NY times entitled "Lord of the > > > Memes." > > > > > Hilarious, but true -- for example, his last line: "Remember, > > > cultural > > > > > epochs come and go, but one-upmanship is forever." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/opinion/08brooks.html?hp > > > > > > > > > > Platt > > > > > > > > > > > > > Very humorous!!! > > > > > > > > David Brooks in a good guy. In this case also hilarious. I couldn't > > > > dislike him even when I tried. According to the new standards, I'd > > rather > > > > be as ordinary as dirt. - Marsha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > > > Archives: > > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
