Newseditorsalsochosewhentoholdbackastoryaltogether,forfearthatitsunresolvednaturemightworryustoogreatly
Internet has crushed that notion, now it appears it is all about the fear and shock factor (to get our attention).
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Apresentistmediascapemaypreventtheconstructionoffalseandmisleadingnarrativesbyeliteswhomeanusnogood,butitalsotendstoleaveeveryonelookingfordirectionandrespondingoroverrespondingtoeverybumpintheroad
Social media sites such as Facebook is terrible for this. Put a comment someone does not like and before you know it your windows are put threw.
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Thebeginning,themiddle,andtheendhavealmostnomeaning.Thegistisexperiencedineachmomentasnewconnectionsaremadeandfalsestoriesareexposedorreframed
A rhizome springs to mind here!
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Lukebringshisdyingfatherbacktothelightsideoftheforce,
Well, that has ruined my journey of Star Wars!
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Asweobsessedoverthefutureofthisandthefutureofthat,weendeduprobbingthepresentofitsabilitytocontributevalueandmeaning.
Is this the consequences of accelerationism?
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Asamedium,storieshaveproventhemselvesgreatasawayofstoringinformationandvalues,andthenpassingthemontofuturegenerations.
Stories from ordinary people that lived through significant times, such as Jack Kerouac's 'On The Road'.
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Tofflerbelievedthingswerechangingsofastthatwewouldsoonlosetheabilitytoadapt.Newdrugswouldmakeuslivelonger;newmedicaltechniqueswouldallowustoalterourbodiesandgeneticmakeup;newtechnologiescouldmakeworkobsoleteandcommunicationinstantaneous.Likeimmigrantstoanewcountryexperiencingcultureshock,wewouldsoonbeinastateoffutureshock,wakingupinaworldchangingsorapidlyastobeunrecognizable.Ourdisorientationwouldhavelesstodowithanyparticularchangethantherateofchangeitself
Is this the relationship between presentism and accelerationism?
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TheAmericanDream,variedthoughitmayhavebeen,wasalmostuniversallydependingonthesamegreatershape,thesamekindofstorytocarryusalong.Weweresustainedeconomically,politically,andevenspiritually,bystories
Counterculture rebelled against the American dream, they fought for freedom of speech and told their stories of a freer world. They promoted new styles of narrative from spontanious prose to the cut- up technique to demonstrate their freedom of speech to tell the stories of corruption and an alternative lifestyle.
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Today’swarwastomorrow’sliberation.Today’ssufferingwastomorrow’ssalvation.Today’sworkwastomorrow’sreward.
From Counterculture to cyberculture. Ken Kesey led the Pranksters to change their way of thinking by exposing those in power and to illuminate 'The Unspoken Thing' P.65 The counterculture movement tried to protest against people joining in the mass of aggression and start looking at themselves to become united to rebel against the war etc.
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Astock’s“story”—therationaleforwhyitisgoingtogoup—beginstomatterlessthanitsactualvalueinrealtime.Whataremystocksworthasofthismoment?WhatdoIreallyown?Whatisthevalueofmyportfoliorightnow
The future is no longer the desired factor, it is the here and now that has become important. The idea of living in the moment can suggest that people are more conscious of the reality that mortality is unpredictable. Why wait to see what the stocks will do in the future, a, lets live for now mentality can suggest to be more realistic.
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Allthegreat“isms”ofthetwentiethcentury—fromcapitalismtocommunismtoProtestantismtorepublicanismtoutopianismtomessianism—dependedonbigstoriestokeepthemgoing.
People today need to be talking about something to keep it alive in the present, otherwise it becomes old news and forgotten.
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Shearrivesataseeminglyidenticalpartyanddecidesit’s“theplacetobe,”yetinsteadofenjoyingit,sheturnsherphonearound,activatesthecamera,andproceedstotakepicturesofherselfandherfriendsforthenexthour—instantlyuploadingthemfortheworldtoseeherinthemoment.
Nobody enjoys the moment; they document false activities. It is a static staged image to make it look like she had a great time. She never spoke to them; she was busy taking photos of other people enjoying themselves. Has the woman had permission to take a photo and upload it to social media? Tagging someone has replaced the general permission to take the picture.
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nformationoverloadmightnothaveincreasedtherateatwhichdisastersoccur,
Brilliant, this demonstrates the big brother scenario; someone is watching you constantly. You will be accounted for by your actions as well as live streaming on social media platforms for all the world to comment on and criticise.
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