technology

I was having a discussion the other day about youtube and mass media. It's difficult to make people understand how mass media alienates someone - it's even difficult to make them understand what "alienation" really means in this context.

This is a simple example, in a wierd video. If you're not north-american or a rapper, i guess getting this girl must be difficult to you too - i thought she was a stand up comedian for the first minute, for example, it took me a while to realize her art was some kind of street poetry - very close to music, but also very bound to text. But it's not really important how the information is presented. This is an easy example of the Information Era alienation. Of course it's only a mild example. But it's simple, so it's important for starters.

If your reflections about this matter grow deeper, the problem also grows deeper - unfortunately, i assure you.