tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739713151901293558.post7161117471069713315..comments2024-01-31T16:23:51.283-07:00Comments on Keye Commentary: Where is the Anger?James Keyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11059210373687674369noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739713151901293558.post-13003203690977315192009-09-22T06:35:54.230-06:002009-09-22T06:35:54.230-06:00Michael,
I agree. What is fascinating (and presen...Michael,<br />I agree. What is fascinating (and presents us with the greatest uncertainty) is what will happen to the unfocused anger as it increases in increasing numbers of human bodies. As the reasons for anger increase in both number and dissonance only so much can remain internalized. I do not expect the consequences to be rational.James Keyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059210373687674369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739713151901293558.post-81507395030651723962009-09-21T10:29:14.436-06:002009-09-21T10:29:14.436-06:00The anger is short-circuited exactly here, in my o...The anger is short-circuited exactly here, in my opinion:<br /><br />http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/tv-internet-and-mobile-usage-in-us-continues-to-rise/<br /><br />Anger cannot cohere without a target. Commercial television is systemically hostile to depicting the proper targets (or even any targets at all), as Herman and Chomsky argued in 1988.<br /><br />TV is physiologically addictive, as are many ingestible substances. It may prove to be the 20th century's most dangerous invention...Michael Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353560855423670828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739713151901293558.post-58966889648343115992009-09-20T07:58:13.710-06:002009-09-20T07:58:13.710-06:00Ron,
Certainly humans, and all animals, must have ...Ron,<br />Certainly humans, and all animals, must have designs within which to function, and just as certainly, as Hacking states, these designs will be in cultural or community expectations or 'we' will expect them from some other source like a tyranny -- at least that is my understanding of Hacking's quote. If I understand, you are saying that 'we' accept these truly unacceptable conditions in trade for some level of control, enough to give a sense that the vital world beyond our personal power is being taken care of.<br /><br />I would agree that there you have it.<br /><br />As to 'time table' for action -- There is much frustration here in the US building up with no where to go; it is waiting for some triggering moment. So, ultimately, I do not know where the anger is. It is a little like a particle physicist looking at the tracks of particles after a collision and not finding where all the original energies have gone: there is something moving, something happening, that is yet to show itself.James Keyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059210373687674369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739713151901293558.post-54345280712786757572009-09-20T01:08:34.477-06:002009-09-20T01:08:34.477-06:00James,
Coincidentally I read your post today after...James,<br />Coincidentally I read your post today after reading this (Ian Hacking - Timing of Chance); "...the greater the level of indeterminism in our conception of the world and of people, the more we expect control."<br /><br />There you have it.<br /><br />And if you include the vast majority will only changed or act when they are forced to, nothing will happen for a while, I'm afraid.<br /><br />Cheers.Ronnoreply@blogger.com