December 2009
18 posts
Lost in the Virtual Pile-On
nybooks:
Sue Halpern
(Edward Gorey Charitable Trust)
One of the defining features of social media, if not the defining feature, is its participatory nature. Anyone, everyone, is a content producer. Anyone, everyone, is a critic. And, for the most part, everyone’s voice registers at the same volume. Your take on the new Michael Jackson movie, and my take, and the take of the fifteen-year-old boy...
Ouch!
My God, am I bleeding?
Lesson learned today: Don’t read your friend’s tumblrs. Especially if you like them.
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘97:
Wear sunscreen.
If I could...
– This piece was presented as Kurt Vonnegut’s commencement address at MIT in 1997. It’s great stuff, but apparently it wasn’t written or delivered by Vonnegut. It’s still a beautiful piece…