CoL49 - Echo & Narcissus

[J K Van Nort]

David sez:

> Continuing the  information loop metaphor:



> The postal service is a Communication system.  It is an information infrastructure. As far as I can tell, it does not control the content of communication.  It is also a public utility available to all.  So it’s a bit hard to say how it might fit into the echo chamber myth







The way that W.A.S.T.E. is described by Fallopian as a closed information loop that keeps going by people writing to each other to say nothing.







Echo continues to provide the heroin to Narcissus. She's there to keep him believing that he's as desirable as he thinks he is. Oedipa is breaking free from that closed loop as she continues her search and moves past all the men who see her only as confirmation of their desirability. 


As bell hooks has pointed out, some of the most viral promoters of patriarchy are women.

In solidarity,
James

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