Comments on: Practical Imaginings Symposium – Learning in the Digital Age http://sociocorpus.net/2006/02/23/practical-imaginings-symposium-learning-in-the-digital-age/ notes on the evolving life of the socius online Mon, 25 Dec 2006 18:36:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Welby http://sociocorpus.net/2006/02/23/practical-imaginings-symposium-learning-in-the-digital-age/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Welby Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:33:51 +0000 http://sociocorpus.net/2006/02/23/practical-imaginings-symposium-learning-in-the-digital-age/#comment-81 Dear Dan, ...and I remember the physical joy of swimming through light filtering water in a space that is truly four dimensional, eating good food with intelligent thinkers and watching them add to each other's ideas, ...and being confronted by the fact that some of the most humane people have met in many months also believe in the power to use a digital environment for good. Tom Standage talks about a strange thing called chronocentricity. With chronocentricity comes a fear of transforming change. I suspect that for some people this is panic at the loss of 'meaning'.. and for others it is caution surfacing as a moderating influnece over euphoric beliefs in the power of new technology. Whatever the reason, caution can also be used for good, when it moves beyond fear and becomes insightful critique. Pabic says something about religion that I believe applies here [and it builds on your observation about Psyberspace not being inherently bad]. He says "An idea is not resonsible for the people who believe in it." ...ditto the net Dear Dan,
…and I remember the physical joy of swimming through light filtering water in a space that is truly four dimensional, eating good food with intelligent thinkers and watching them add to each other’s ideas, …and being confronted by the fact that some of the most humane people have met in many months also believe in the power to use a digital environment for good. Tom Standage talks about a strange thing called chronocentricity. With chronocentricity comes a fear of transforming change. I suspect that for some people this is panic at the loss of ‘meaning’.. and for others it is caution surfacing as a moderating influnece over euphoric beliefs in the power of new technology.
Whatever the reason, caution can also be used for good, when it moves beyond fear and becomes insightful critique.
Pabic says something about religion that I believe applies here [and it builds on your observation about Psyberspace not being inherently bad]. He says “An idea is not resonsible for the people who believe in it.”
…ditto the net

]]> By: ruth http://sociocorpus.net/2006/02/23/practical-imaginings-symposium-learning-in-the-digital-age/comment-page-1/#comment-80 ruth Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:43:11 +0000 http://sociocorpus.net/2006/02/23/practical-imaginings-symposium-learning-in-the-digital-age/#comment-80 Dear Dan, I would like to meet in the first week of March to begin some serious planning for how we can make mediascape interactive. I have lots of ideas. I am sure you will too. Public space to discuss issues is the plan.... ruth Dear Dan,
I would like to meet in the first week of March to begin some serious planning for how we can make mediascape interactive. I have lots of ideas. I am sure you will too. Public space to discuss issues is the plan….

ruth

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