Wild Nature / Wired Nature: The Unabomber Meets The Digerati

[Bled Welder]

Waste went down? That can not be.  I was just getting warm..

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 8:19 AM,  <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:
> The internet is still fun, however, and a relatively cheap diversion of
> one's time and energy. I'm not sure if Coney Island still is. Plus the
> internet is portable. Now that we're over the hump and the basic
> infrastructure is in place, we're having fun and the capitalists are still
> scrambling for an efficient means of making us pay more for it.
>
> (Speaking of which- The recent downage of WASTE.org, makes me think maybe we
> all should pony up a few bucks for the service. Anyone know how that's done
> properly?)
>
> TV/radio were transitional mediums- one way info flow- with limited choices,
> and couldn't really replace the physical carnival ground. The internet has
> changed that.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 2:10 am
> Subject: Wild Nature / Wired Nature: The Unabomber Meets The Digerati
>
> Mentioned this book, _the pyrotechnic insanitarium: american culture
> on the brink_ Mark Dery, who writes with a wonderful style, and, well,
> wanted to suggest this particular chapter, as it has much resonance
> with the recent threads on violence & P.
>
> for an fine dalectical on this and Nye, take a look here----->
>
> http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/review_essays/landon81.htm