[-empyre-] chic

[Tamiko Thiel]

Am 28.04.2011 11:45, schrieb xDxD.vs.xDxD:
> Hi Tamiko
>
> things become widespread when they synchronize with the cultures,
> desires and symbolic domains of people, not when they become "chic".

Dear Salvatore,

Then we are arguing about words, because for me what you just said above 
is my definition of "chic" - that "they synchronize with the cultures, 
desires and symbolic domains of people."

And yes, if you think I am being purposely provocative of course I am, 
because I know that many people are uncomfortable with "chicness." But 
after seeing how supercomputers and PCs in the 1980s, PCs and the 
Internet in the 1990s, cell phones in the 2000s etc. have all gone 
through tremendous surges in their development once they became 
"popular" and "chic" among large numbers of people who had ignored them 
before, I believe it is only reasonable to acknowledge and embrace this 
factor. Would you feel more comfortable if I said "popular" instead of 
"chic?" Where are the boundaries between the two?

The fact that they are also useful is somewhat beside the point - all 
the things I mentioned above were useful before, but not widespread 
until they became chic. VRML after AGP graphic cards and DSL became 
widespread in 1999 was suddenly useful, but since it was no longer chic, 
it was ignored completely and a good platform disappeared from the 
landscape for no good reason. Such is the power of chic to promote or 
destroy.

take care, Tamiko