Saturday, July 11, 2009

Quote of the Day

In the aftermath of all the Michael Jackson hoopla, these lines from the eminent German literary and cultural critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) seem especially pertinent:

"Historically, the various modes of communication
have competed with one another. The replacement
of the older narration by information, of information
by sensation, reflects the increasing atrophy
of experience."

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