Re: [-empyre-] the promise

[Auriea Harvey <a@e8z.org>]

>  Technology is not a philosophy or a way of life,

sure it is.

> it's just tools that make certain tasks easier.

Why should artists be the ones to not care about their tools?
Why are artists always so ready to lie down and take what they are given?
Why not care about it ? It is a "new medium" "new tools." I say, 
obssess over it dammit ! Grow your own...

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> The first computers were used for military use but do we see any
> lingering violence in the ibook?

yes.

>   I'd say the 'axis of evil' on the internet is from commercial forces
> that are attempting to dominate the digital real estate and threaten the
> inherent democracy.

are you trying to say by this that the ibook is not a part of this ??

>  Cisco, Microsoft, Worldcom, AOL-Time-Warner, etc.

ahem...

> I'd say the military influence is not so relevant any more.

the military influence is built in. the commercialization is just one 
more form of warfare.


One nation, Many fronts.
Auriea.




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