Comments on: Shifting powers, individuals and networks http://jem8.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/shifting-powers-individuals-and-networks/ Individuals, Networks and the Internet Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: HelloWorld http://jem8.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/shifting-powers-individuals-and-networks/#comment-13 HelloWorld Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:52:30 +0000 http://jem8.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/shifting-powers-individuals-and-networks/#comment-13 Peace people We love you Peace people

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]]> By: jem8 http://jem8.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/shifting-powers-individuals-and-networks/#comment-8 jem8 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:01:26 +0000 http://jem8.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/shifting-powers-individuals-and-networks/#comment-8 Well you could say that. I think that most people, to a certain extent still rely on modern hierarchies, but the fact is we are faced with multiple realties to choose from. And because of this multiplication of 'truths' we risk ending up with no truth. This doesn't necessarily lead to meaninglessness (although it can), but makes the social world more complex and harder to manoeuvre through because in 'traditional' societies we had unequivocal guides, boundaries and mythologies to follow. The internet (post-modern epistemology) opens a veritable Pandora's Box which could lead to all sorts of existential nihilism. Well you could say that. I think that most people, to a certain extent still rely on modern hierarchies, but the fact is we are faced with multiple realties to choose from. And because of this multiplication of ‘truths’ we risk ending up with no truth. This doesn’t necessarily lead to meaninglessness (although it can), but makes the social world more complex and harder to manoeuvre through because in ‘traditional’ societies we had unequivocal guides, boundaries and mythologies to follow. The internet (post-modern epistemology) opens a veritable Pandora’s Box which could lead to all sorts of existential nihilism.

]]> By: walkar http://jem8.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/shifting-powers-individuals-and-networks/#comment-3 walkar Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:40:45 +0000 http://jem8.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/shifting-powers-individuals-and-networks/#comment-3 Juicy post. I guess at one point in time people felt relatively confident that they knew all there was to know about a subject. For example, the German language can be known completely. English, however, is impossible to fully know, it has too many variations, words, cultural versions. Each time an attempt is made to know it all/ understand it all it grows and changes. Your post seems to be underpinned by questions also concerning the meaning of life. If we cannot hope to understand the information we have in the postmodern era, what is the point of our existence? Juicy post. I guess at one point in time people felt relatively confident that they knew all there was to know about a subject. For example, the German language can be known completely. English, however, is impossible to fully know, it has too many variations, words, cultural versions. Each time an attempt is made to know it all/ understand it all it grows and changes. Your post seems to be underpinned by questions also concerning the meaning of life. If we cannot hope to understand the information we have in the postmodern era, what is the point of our existence?

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