Thursday, December 15, 2022

A structural irony

December 15, 2022

I'll tell you what: it's certainly ironic that in terms of a persona, Internet users seem classic and old-fashioned while TV users seem new and modern.  In certain ways, we are returning to an old aesthetic, but in other ways, it couldn't be more new.  Conflating the classic elements of the Internet and the new elements might be producing a structural dilemma. 

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