Nov 29 2005
I Am Destroying the World
Little did I know that the internet and its online “amateurism… was challeng[ing] the basis of our civilization…”
Where is the duct tape when you need it. Seriously, does anything this man says make sense anymore?
–Jane, bloggers are the devil
Who knew? Anyhow, I am continuing with my destruction and mayhem, and I am counting the days until Gorman is gone.
“It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.”
he makes flames come out of the sides of my head.
Good thing he can’t be re-elected, unlike some officials. Oh god, he can’t be, can he?
I think the dude is trying to get us to *headdesk* ourselves to death. I really do.
I think it’s a bit misguided, of course, but I still think that it’s an interesting point– and one that I don’t entirely disagree with. The notion of the utter lack of hard copy, the ultimate complete transience of all digital information, is terrifying; the knowledge that so much information can be lost so quickly is kind of disheartening. I know, I know; redundancies upon redundancies, and all that. But all it takes is one big-ass magnetic pulse and all that information’s fucked.
I agree that the fluidity of the web presents some challenging archival questions. I think the nature of it is what makes the internet interesting, that it is never the same, always changing.
I do not agree with Gorman though when he adds the “amatuer” bit in the argument. So I am not the authority on libraries, politics, or life, but my opinion still MATTERS.