Is it OK to be a Luddite?

[Courtney Givens]

>From: MalignD at aol.com


>
>He goes on:  "Anybody with the time, literacy, and access fee can get
>together with just about any piece of specialized knowledge s/he may need.
>So, to that extent, the two-cultures quarrel can no longer be sustained."

>
>Access, time, and literacy, may facilitate getting together with 
>specialized
>knowledge, but it is of scant help to the generalist in understanding it.

That's right. And that's why Pynchon wrote, "so, to that
extent..." To that extent here means having access.
Understanding is another problem and that's exactly what
Pynchon goes on to say. So, it seems you are in agreement with
P on this MalignD.


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