Re: Edge.org: Jaron Lanier

From: Randall Randall (randall@randallsquared.com)
Date: Sat Nov 29 2003 - 23:37:11 MST


On Saturday, November 29, 2003, at 11:25 PM, Colin wrote:
>
> I'd like to pipe in here with a view that Lanier's rambling should not
> be under-rated in content nor should it be under-rated from a semiotic
> standpoint as lacking relevance to SL4 thinking.

The problem with Lanier is that he keeps trotting out the same bankrupt,
decrepit analogy about cloud droplets/rain droplets, in spite of the
decrepitude having been pointed out to him. I'm not sure if he doesn't
understand why the analogy is wrong, or if he just doesn't care.

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Randall Randall
randall@randallsquared.com


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