--- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The individual has its limits. Overrated. Overstated. An integral part > of many myths that have become deeply embedded in most minds on the > west in the lsst 100 years, and more noticable the last 40. > > Quite how much of it is a myth will become apparent sometime in the > next 2 minutes to 20 years. Back to reality we shall go, a reality > where everything gets local, where the needs of living humans again > return to take precedence over the desires of the individual. > > I strongly support aspects of invividual freedom which enrich the > human experience. But no man is an island, and most humans are deeply > social beings. Individuality is a worthless and loathsome quality if > it cannot seek nourishment from others, if we continue on our slippery > slope towards insane isolation.
Respecting individuality does not exclude being social, it just doesn't demand it. -- Enric > > Clearly the individual is an important aspect of blogging etc. But its > not just about the individual, otherwise thered be no need for the > web. If it were only about stuff like Jays concept of his videoblog > being a scrapbook of his life to look back on, then there would be no > need for the web side of this at all, people would not need to > publish. Its completely valid to look at it as a scrapbook, but thats > only part of the picture. Multipurpose, self, community, inward > facing, outward facing, waffeley versatile. > > Steve of Elbows > > --- In [email protected], "Enric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I was reading a book and skimming just for the parts pertinent to me. > > Usually I read from beginning to end -- I took this from how I would > > study in College to know everything for a test, especially for foreign > > language classes. But this time I decided what's important is to find > > just the information necessary for my current plans. > > > > Then it came to me that all this -- videoblogging/video prodcasting, > > blogging, Web 2.0 -- is about the Individual being at the center. > > It's not about video being bloggy or linking out, about social or any > > of the other cra...err...stuff. It's not tech or method. > > > > It's not just about saying f-u to the FCC, it's about saying f-u to > > any person setting themselves as authority about what you should do > > when you see another path. Damn straight it's about narcissim -- the > > individual not being commanded by a corporation, an authority figure, > > a broadcast medium, or any other person. It's the individual at the > > center of choices. > > > > -- Enric > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
